04.2023 Warefare History

Willi Langbein was taken from his parents when he was thirteen, given some hurried training, and sent into battle. Despite the odds, he survived the war, was helped by a British soldier, and later worked to ensure what he experienced would never be visited on other children. This memoir is a harrowing account of what he experienced as a teenager.

03.2023 Book Signing Event

Please join me for my book signing event at Warwick's bookstore at 7812 Girard Ave in La Jolla on Sunday, March 12th from 2:30PM to 4PM. The event is called Weekends With Locals. It promises to be a fun afternoon at this wonderful venue with an amazing selection of books. Bring your book for me to sign, or you can purchase one there.

02.2023 ARGunners Magazine

Willi’s graphic and emotionally moving story is told from a Nazi-ordered perspective until back home helping Germany rebuild. It is not only an amazing and inspiring war account of a kid in battle, but also a happy postwar story of resoluteness and determination fulfilling his dream of a married life, children (two daughters), and professional life as a lawyer. 

02.2023 The Midwest Review

"Save the Last Bullet: Memoir of a Boy Soldier in Hitler's Army" is a highly recommended and valued addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library World War II History/Biography/Memoir collections.

02.2023 The US Review of Books

This book earnestly recalls the life of a young man who was whisked away from his family in order to ready himself to serve the Fatherland. The story, as told by Langbein to his daughter Heidi, is vivid in its imagery and often shocking in the ordeal Langein went through during and after his time with the Hitler Youth.

14.01.2023 Book Signing Party

You are cordially invited to my book signing party on Saturday, January 14th, from 6:30 to 8:30PM, at the Koi Zen Winery, 12225 World Trade Drive, San Diego 92128. There will be a little bit of reading, a little bit of Q&A and a lot of celebrating!

12.2022 Poway News Chieftain

Heidi Langbn-Allen didn’t set out to write a book. The Poway resident wanted to translate her father’s memoirs from German to English for her family. His time in Hitler’s Army was especially poignant.

11.2022 World War II Today

Born in 1930, Langbein was only 13 when he was sent for weapons training in the Autumn of 1944. He describes the indoctrination of his generation through the Hitler Youth and widespread Nazi propaganda, alongside a ruthless discipline - which saw one of his classmates executed by the SS.

01.2023 The Donna Seebo Show: Warriors For Peace

Click below to listen to the full radio interview with author Heidi Allen Langbein about the book 'Save the Last Bullet'.

01.2023 Foreword Reviews

Save the Last Bullet is an invaluable memoir by one of many German children taken from their families and sent to be slaughtered...

12.2022 Pen & Sword

Willi’s graphic and emotionally moving story is told from a Nazi-ordered perspective until back home helping Germany rebuild. It is not only an amazing and inspiring war account of a kid in battle, but also a happy postwar story of resoluteness and determination.

11.2022 New York Weekly

My father, Wilhelm Langbein or “Willi,” was yanked out of his childhood and thrown into war in one of the darkest periods of world history. He managed to survive and pledged his life to building a free...