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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 authors 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).
Deposit to account : BIC GEBABEBB / IBAN BE94 2600 0204 1214, with your name and address. - Possibility PayPal payment -
E-mail: gerard.wuyts@skynet.be
Gerard WUYTS, Rue de Nalinnes
29 (Jamioulx),
B-6120 Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes - Belgium
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