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**jHAM** · 03-17-2013, 04:51 AM

Since I misspelled it in the earlier post. Here is the full name Charles W. Sydnor, Jr. My apologies.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-17-2013 04:51 AM

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**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-17-2013, 04:54 AM

by jHAM

Since I misspelled it in the earlier post. Here is the full name Charles W. Sydnor, Jr. My apologies.

His is the very good book on the SSTV and Totenkopf Division, which has recently been translated in German and with an updated bibliographical essay by him.
There is, however, in German much new, excellent research on the Waffen SS of a young generation, to include a future biography of Eicke in the vein of the recent bios of Heini H. and Reinhard Heydrich.
I wish I were writing my dissertation now with this cohort of very interesting, young scholars. I started in 1978/9 and was told to dump the SS.....

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-17-2013, 05:00 AM

I have mentioned this work, which is not in English as you can plainly see, but it contains a lot on the SSTV and it is superb. Not for the casual reader, to be sure, but a serious interest in this topic requires a firm constitution and constancy. Sydnor's book is from the 1970s, and there is much more interesting and new work, but I cannot see this last title I have included in this climate easily being translated into English, since such a thing is very costly.
And the younger cohort sees this medium as obsolete. ...and me with it.

**jHAM** · 03-17-2013, 05:13 AM

by Friedrich-Berthold

And the younger cohort sees this medium as obsolete. ...and me with it.

Your work on these forums is testament to the falsity of this claim. Your "voice" stands out on other forums under other pseudonyms. It is a leading voice that challenges and directs. To me you are far from obsolete. Thanks.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-17-2013, 05:43 AM

by jHAM

Your work on these forums is testament to the falsity of this claim. Your "voice" stands out on other forums under other pseudonyms. It is a leading voice that challenges and directs. To me you are far from obsolete. Thanks.

Thanks, dear friend, you are very kind, but this 21st century thing is totally alien to me, really.
On the one hand, our interaction has great merit and satisfaction, but it is not my preferred way of doing things.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-17-2013, 05:44 AM

By medium, I had meant scholarly books, actually, which it took me more or less from 1971 until 1988 to learn how to write.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-17-2013, 05:47 AM

But I might move to Berlin or Vienna and go out the door this way....which I would rather like, actually.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-17-2013, 05:53 AM

ziemlich so......

**jHAM** · 03-17-2013, 06:15 AM

These works are often challenging to read and require effort and sometimes slow reading. I also do not prefer this medium and often wish I could pursue these subjects in a different setting as opposed to the free for all of web life.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 03-17-2013, 06:19 AM

by jHAM

These works are often challenging to read and require effort and sometimes slow reading. I also do not prefer this medium and often wish I could pursue these subjects in a different setting as opposed to the free for all of web life.

This medium takes a huge amount of time and psychic energy if one wants to keep above the fray.
I am like the vaudeville actor who could not make the transition to speaking film. I need a real audience, that is, real people in front of me.
I cannot read any longer the way I once did, especially since responsibility and being connected all the time slaughters the peace of mind that is essential to be creative.