Escape from Berlin: The Incredible Journey of the Latvian 15th SS Janums Battle Group, April 1945

Tells the extraordinary escape of the Latvian 15th SS Division from certain death in 1945, as captured in First Lieutenant Edvīns Bušmanis’ diary.

The dramatic escape of the Latvian 15th SS Janums Battle Group south of Berlin to surrender to the Americans on the Elbe saved 900 men from a pointless death slowing the Red Army assault on Berlin in 1945. Unable to return to a homeland occupied by the Soviet Union, many veterans came to the UK to work, and stayed.

Their stories add to the sharp ob...