Eric Pleasants

About the Author

Eric Pleasants, a resilient survivor of the tumultuous mid-20th century, was born in England but thrust into the horrors of World War II after being conscripted into the German army due to his German heritage. Captured by Soviet forces, he endured years of brutal imprisonment in Stalin's gulags, facing starvation, forced labor, and unimaginable hardships before finally returning home. His extraordinary life story, marked by defiance and unyielding spirit, is chronicled in the gripping memoir 'Hitler's Bastard: Through Hell and Back in Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia,' co-authored with Ian Sayer and Douglas Botting. Pleasants's narrative offers a raw, firsthand account of the human cost of totalitarianism, inspiring readers with tales of endurance and the quest for freedom amid chaos.