Blood Red Snow: the Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front by Gunter K Koschorrek

Blood Red Snow: the Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front by Gunter K Koschorrek

Gunther Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and became Blood Red Snow. The author was a keen recruit at initial training and his excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the Russian Steppe is obvious. 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 harrowing book takes the reader to the front line and paints a very human picture of what life was like under relentless Russian attacks in freezing conditions. As Koschorrek says in his introduction, the book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, over five decades later, the fulfillment of a responsibility he feels to honour the memory of those who perished.

Gunther K. Koschorrek was a machine-gunner on the Russian front in WWII. He lives in Germany, having retired from his job as managing director of a sales company.

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ISBN 13	9781853675089
ISBN 10	1853675083
Title	Blood Red Snow: the Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
Author	Gunter K Koschorrek
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Greenhill Books
Year published	2002-05-08
Number of pages	288
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