guderian in his "erinnerungen eines soldaten" fails to acknowledge the incident, just noting that wourmhout was "the target" of 20th infantry division and was "reached" by 28 may. he does not mention misbehaviour by "leibstandarte" troops on any other occasion either and generally fails to properly acknowledge and work through german war crimes during any of the three theaters his book covers (invasion of poland, battle of france and the eastern front) and has been criticized by british historian ian kershaw, among others, for trying to reflect himself in the best possible light.