"...a glimpse of the life of a tank gunner on the Eastern Front during the war's final months."

WWII History Reviews June 2022

The Tiger from Poznan is a thin book but an important book in that it tells the story of a young man put into an impossible position as a German gunner in a Tiger tank. With the odds very much against him, the story tells us about how he or his tank and tank team were forced to hold an important and strategic position all by themselves. In a way, this might be a small book but it packs a punch like a Tiger tank, it is written like a diary in that we learn almost a daily occurrence of how they had to put up with lack of supplies, the poor weather, lack of support etc etc. The number of maps, diagrams, drawings etc that accompany the book work well with the book and are an important part of the book which adds a lot of credit to the book. If anything it takes the book from a run of the mill retelling to a higher value read. A good quick read, but one everyone who is interested in the Tiger tank would enjoy.

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UK Historian

An inherently fascinating and impressively informative account from a German perspective, Richard Siegert's "The Tiger from Poznan" will be of immense interest for World War II military history buffs and an important, appreciated, and valued addition to community, college, and university library World War II Military History & Biography collections.

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Midwest Book Review

This is no run-of-the-mill memoir; it is a book that provides real insight into what it was like to serve as gunner in a single tank during an urban siege. Furthermore, the author pulls no punches in his descriptions of life in captivity and the tricks and devices that were used to survive in a seemingly hopeless situation. Recommended.

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Phil Curme

This work is a valuable and very interesting addition to the canon of World War Two history from the only survivor of that Tiger crew able to pass its record to posterity. It will appeal equally to the general reader interested in WW2 as well as the more specialist reader of WW2 histories and those interested in the Tiger Tank.

Martin Willoughby, Chairman of the Wessex Branch of the Western Front Association

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

An inspirational book about the hardships encountered during the last days of the war against Russia by Germany. It was truly educational to learn about the events that occurred and how the author survived.

NetGalley, Ron Baumer