Sometime in this period, my Grandfather is wounded by artillery, and ends up being evacuated back to Germany in May. His Hiwi Engineering Company is destroyed at Narva and Courland.
He said the refugees streaming west during the retreat to Narva were the biggest problem they faced, with tens of thousands fleeing from the oncoming Soviets. You won’t read that one in many history books.
If you wouldn’t mind, could you expand a bit on who the Hiwi were and your grandfather’s wartime experience?