AUTUMN STORM OVER HECHTEL –
September 6-12, 1944
After 15 long years of research and exploration work concerning
what happened during the liberation of Hechtel (Limburg), in September 1944,
Gerard Wuyts brings to the reader his book published at author’s expense, a
bulky book and well furnished with original photographs. At 14-years of age,
this writer survived six frightening long days and nights in his village that
was surrounded by the Allies. His father was executed, along with ten hostages,
without a single reason or excuse by German Fallschirmjäger
(paratroops). The Wuyts family home went up in flames, with homes and property
of nearby families, in successive fires. A German truck, loaded with shells,
was deliberately placed against the house, doused with gasoline and set on fire.
- In total, 35 civilians died, with at least 22 of them proved being killed
during the fighting. 124 houses were totally destroyed and burned out. - Who
were the German soldiers and perpetrators of all this? Which division or
regiment did they belong to? Who were their superiors? Why did all these people
have to die? Why all these fires? Who was responsible? What did the British
Inquiry reveal about these war crimes? And how did the Belgian judicial inquiry
respond? The author of this book gives a clear answer to all of these
questions. - Sooner or later, the editor had vowed he would look for the perpetrators
of all this. Years of research, at home and abroad, brought him in direct
contact with witnesses of the facts. He finally found the murderer of his
father and ten companions, Heinz von Bursztini being the chief of them, albeit
in a grave in Berlin-Spandau.
Read all about the true and fascinating facts in a superb and bulky book of 383 pages (29 x 21 cm), richly illustrated by 58 unnumbered pages each mounted with multiple photos.Price : € 35,- (+ postage for sending € 6,50 in Belgium) – (+ postage for sending to the Netherlands € 17,-) – (+ postage for sending to the U.K. € 17,- (1/2012). -
Gerard WUYTS, Rue de Nalinnes 29 (Jamioulx), B-6120 Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes - Belgium
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