Private Svoboda

by Steven Roberts

Overview

This is a true, first hand account of survival by a 14-year old boy soldier trained by Hitler's army to kill or be killed. In the winter of 1944 Hitler was running out of supplies, weapons and men so younger and younger boys were being brought into the war.That's when a young Austrian, Alex Svoboda, and his 8th grade classmates were drafted from school and sent to boot camp on their way to the the frozen Russian Front.
Naive and excited to get into the action, Alex and the boys were quickly relieved of any notion of the adventure, romance and heroics of war. In the deafening roar of battle, with death all around the boys struggle to stay alive another day, another minute.
Captured by the Russians and sent on a POW train to Siberia, Alex is among half of the prisoners who survive. Haunted by the loss of his friends, and faced with the prospect of dying in the Siberian lead mines, Alex makes a desperate escape and attemps to walk home.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045439152
Publisher:	Steven Roberts
Publication date:	11/14/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	756 KB

About the Author

Writing: Steve has written eight books, non-fiction books, action adventure novels and an anthology of short stories, poems and songs. He has spoken to groups about surviving cancer, the challenges of entrepreneurship, and writing books, as well as presentations of his books.
Community: Steve is currently Chairman of the Dearborn Library Foundation and works with Habitat for Humanity in Florida. He is the founder of authors’ clubs in Florida and Michigan.

Personal: Steve worked in the automotive industry in Europe and Detroit, later operating his own management consulting firm. Steve and two partners also built and operated a golf course near Jackson, Michigan. Steve and his wife, Jane, live in Dearborn, Michigan and spend winters at Kensington CC in Naples, Florida. They have four married children and twelve grandchildren.