Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

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Wow, what a brutal war, fighting on that Eastern front in sub zero temperatures must have been horrific for any man, must read for any History/WW2/ War reading enthusiasts. He could be lying of course, but he also describes how the ordinary young soldiers were lied to and brainwashed. Gunter Koschorrek's claims go counter to what I've learned in Antony Beevor's "Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943" and Beevor's "Berlin: The Downfall: 1945" as well as Dan Carlin's Ghosts of the Osfront podcast. As two historians familiar with the subject matter informed me in response to my related inquiry, such massacres did in fact happen - but only in isolated cases and mainly in the areas that had been annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939/40, not on territory that had been part of the USSR before 1939.The novel describes the origins and events of the Russian Revolution, interwoven with the experiences of Arthur Ransome, then a journalist in Russia. The form will be sent to our Collections Management Team who will use it to improve our object records. Overall if you are interested in WW2 and want to read about it from a different and personal perspective I would pick this one up. Written in a diary format, the book starts strongly but I was left feeling that something didn't quite add up, and I can't really explain what. At once rich in allegory and historical detail, Blood Red Snow White is an extraordinary novel that delineates with clarity of vision individual concerns against the great sweeping expanses of societal unrest.

He didn't seem to be stuck in Stalingrad for too long, fortunately for him, but the retreats he chronicles are still epics of chaos and death. He briefly saw combat in Stalingrad, and was involved in the desperate attempts to avoid being trapped after the Soviet's broke the German lines west of the city. Although the writing was strong and it contained a lot of interest, it pales substantially when compared to Sajer's 'the Forgotten Soldier' opus. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. The endless and often pointless deaths of his comrades becomes depressing and crushing even for the reader, I do not want to imagine how it was for the real soldiers.

The biggest surprise of many will be the chaotic nature of the German front lines for most of the time. It may be that Koschorrek's diary was a truthful account of the man's experience at the time it was written. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Günter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any piece of scrap of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave.

Given such doubts about the accuracy and honesty of certain claims, my evaluation of this book cannot be a good one. I have not read many accounts where the German soldiers, not driven by the evil ideology, describe what soldiers on every side were thinking. The first edition hardback published in August 2007 by Orion Children's Books was printed throughout in dark red ink. He tells of 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.

The only war crimes Koschorrek mentions that are perpetrated by the Germans is the execution of wounded Soviet soldiers on the front line by a single German officer. Koschorrek's memoir, unlike so many others, doesn't make any attempt at being literary or philosophical, it's neither preachily anti-war nor a grovelling mea culpa manifesto for the crimes of Germany. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Virgin Islands (U.