Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
Apr 2011 · Pen and Sword
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A German soldier recounts his experience serving along the deathly cold Eastern Front, fighting the Russian army in World War II.
Gnter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and became Blood Red Snow.
The author’s excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the Russian Steppe is obvious. Later, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of Stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and death. He is also posted to Romania and Italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the Eastern Front.
This book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honor the memory of those who perished.
Gnter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and became Blood Red Snow.
The author’s excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the Russian Steppe is obvious. Later, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of Stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and death. He is also posted to Romania and Italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the Eastern Front.
This book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honor the memory of those who perished.
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4.6
109 reviews
Andy F B
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July 7, 2019
Interesting book from the point of view of a German soldier, simply written and accessible with enough going on to keep you hooked
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A Google user
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April 11, 2017
Excellent, different, combat galore, a must read for WW11 history " NUTS"
Mark McMahon
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June 25, 2020
interesting and thought-provoking. soldiers are the same everywhere.
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Gunter was a German soldier who fought on the Eastern front during World War II.
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