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Ernst Frei

A Swiss eyewitness to World War II, this author turned his diary-based memories of military service into a vivid personal record. His work offers a grounded view of life in the Swiss air troops during the years of 1939 to 1945.

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Lips Tullian und seine Raubgenossen Eine romantische Schilderung der Thaten dieses furchtbaren Räuberhauptmanns und seiner Bande, welche im Anfange des 18. Jahrhunderts ganz Sachsen, Böhmen und Schlesien mit Furcht, Schrecken und Entsetzen erfüllte

Lips Tullian und seine Raubgenossen Eine romantische Schilderung der Thaten dieses furchtbaren Räuberhauptmanns und seiner Bande, welche im Anfange des 18. Jahrhunderts ganz Sachsen, Böhmen und Schlesien mit Furcht, Schrecken und Entsetzen erfüllte

by Ernst Frei

About the author

Ernst Frei was a Swiss writer remembered for Erlebter Aktivdienst 1939–1945, a book drawn from his diary entries as a member of the Swiss air troops during the Second World War. The work was published by Novalis and presents the war years through the eyes of someone who lived them directly.

Available publisher and bookseller biographies describe him as one of the last eyewitnesses of that period, and note that he experienced the fears and dangers of wartime as a young man in active service. Those firsthand memories give his writing a clear, immediate quality that helps modern readers picture daily life behind Switzerland's armed neutrality.

A later edition of his book notes that he died in February 2012 at the age of 94. Reliable public sources located here provide only limited personal details beyond his wartime service and authorship, so this overview focuses on the part of his life that is best documented.