Unteroffizier Heinrich Schlapp from Artillerie-Regiment 389 / 389.Infanterie-Division recounts his story in Stalingrad: “The last large-scale German attack on 14 October 1942 finally brought us possession of the tractor factory. Up to sixty Stukas dive right in front of us. The sirens, which made a nerve-shattering noise in the dive, could be heard for hours. We could hardly breathe because of the gunpowder smoke. We gained our target: to stand on the Volga. In front of the entrance to the tractor works, where there is a memorial to its builder, Dzershinzky, and flowers grew at its feet. After the fighting died down, I picked a bunch and put the flowers as a greeting in a letter home.”
Source :
Book "Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the Operation to Rescue 6th Army" by Hans Wijers
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