"Panzer commander" by Hans von Luck is an excellent read. It covers his exploits from the start of the war through the invasion of Poland,france, the eastern front, north Africa, the last stand in Europe, to after his release from the Russian prison.
Oddly, I found his stories of his time as a prisoner in communist Russia the most interesting part. While he is quite sympathetic towards the Russians and describes everything with humor, the Soviet union comes through as one hell of a rotten place, where officials corruption and individuals trying to screw the system is a way of life. In return the state is extremely cruel and indifferent about the individual. He mentioned that a few of the German prisoners were imprissoned in Germany before the war for being communists and even a nazi reeducation program couldnot cure them - but after getting a close look from the inside of a real implementation of communism they were all "cured"...
After reading all kind of historical accounts, I think that even during the worst of WWII, for a lowly Russian Russia was a greater threat to his life than nazi Germany. I always say that Stalin was just like Hitler, but with a bigger mustache.
