Hans-Erdmann Schönbeck lay severely injured and blind before Stalingrad, with no hope left. Yet he was rescued. As one of the last, he was flown out of hell. Nearly 80 years later, with almost 100 years of wisdom, Schönbeck now reflects together with Spiegel bestselling author Tim Pröse: on his inner resistance against Hitler, on the missed opportunity to kill him when Schönbeck was commanded near Hitler after the battle. For a few nights, he also sleeps next to Count Stauffenberg's bomb. All of this weighs on him, but it does not break him. He makes a steep career in the automotive industry and remains full of humility and gratitude for having been saved. With profound knowledge of what freedom and dictatorship truly mean, he speaks about old and new values and what binds us as human beings. A sensitive portrait and a plea for humanity from one of the last survivors of Stalingrad. "I was twelve when Stalingrad fell. Most remained silent back then. Much has been forgotten since. Now, exactly eight decades later, this book breaks the silence and forgetfulness. It tells the story of a survivor, of someone who remained cheerful despite all the wounds. Who faces everything at almost 100. It astonished and deeply moved me!" Mario Adorf.