These incredible WWII German combat field letters were written by a German soldier (Bernhardt) who was K.I.A. (Killed In Action) in 1944. From Altlengbach (Austria), Bernhardt served in the German Army as an Austrian soldier for the Nazi war effort. Austrians were overrepresented not only in the system of terror against Jews but also on the battlefields. During the course of the war, hundreds of thousands of Austrians fought as German soldiers; a substantial number of Austrians served in the SS, the elite military corps of the Nazi Party. All letters are his correspondence with his wife.