Professor David Childs

Emeritus Professor David Childs's considerable contribution to the advancement of German studies has equipped students, academics, governments and business leaders develop a greater knowledge of Germany and the politics behind the country. 

A prominent commentator on British Political History too, David's wide knowledge of both domestic and international affairs has been utilised by both government and commercial organisations such as: The BBC, Sky News, The Independent, The Times, MoD, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Royal Institute of International Affairs and an array of City firms.

David Childs, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Nottingham, is a prolific writer on a wide variety of subjects, and lectures internationally

NEWS - We Were No Heroes

David's new book gives an account of Martin Thomas, an Englishman who fought for the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front, survived a Soviet concentration camp, worked as a Stasi agent during the Cold War and witnessed the Fall of the Berlin Wall.  From his recruitment into the East German secret police service to his nights of passion with women he meets on his adventures, Martin Thomas is an unusual sort of hero. Author David Childs based the semi-fictional account, We Were No Heroes, on a man he met in Leipzig in 1988

David says: “The book tells about Martin’s life in the Waffen SS on the Eastern front fighting the Russians.  He was captured and could have been killed but was rescued and sent back to Germany, where he became part of the Stasi, the East German secret police.” To buy your copy please click here £8.49 inc delivery

"I found We Were No Heroes compulsive reading and extremely informative" - Tam Dalyell, The Oldie, Summer 2010 'Childs develops an entirely credible story of this young Channel Islander...volunteering to serve in the Waffen SS on the Russian Front...The narrative follows him into a Soviet concentration camp, and describes his life as a Stasi agent in the Cold War up to the fall of the Berlin Wall."  To buy your copy please click here £8.49 inc delivery

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