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For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunther Koschorrek, a fresh young recruit, wrote his notes on whatever scraps of paper he could find and sewed the pages into the lining of his winter coat. Left with his mother on his rare trips home, this illicit diary eventually was lost—and did not come to light until some 40 years later when Koschorrek was reunited with his daughter in America. It is this remarkable document, a unique day-to-day account of the common German soldier’s experience, that makes up the memoir that is Blood Red Snow.
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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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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There is a mass of German autobiographies hitting the market place at the moment which is certainly a good thing if we are to understand all sides of the Second World War. Some books are obviously better than others and I have to say that this book is very good. Well-written, well-organised and telling things from the general ranks (a rare thing), this is a powerful book, not least because it brings to life the characters mentioned in the text, and thereby makes the story more accessible and less academic. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Eastern Front as well as the Second World War.
123 of 127 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is truly a remarkable first hand account of the fighting on the eastern front during WWII. There are many other books which have all dealt with the same topic, but I have never read a book which simply describes what happened with honesty and simple clarity. We follow machine gunner Koschorrek between the years 42-44 in different parts of Russia, Italy and Romania. The book actually starts with his lucky escape from the Stalingrad pocket in Dec -42, from there on it just gets worse. He describes the incredible bravery performed by the average soldier, the friends and comrades who were not so lucky and last but not least, the inhuman conditions of war as they were experienced on the eastern front. I read this book in two days - it was impossible to put it down.......
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recently bought this book from Amazon.co.uk and I can say that it is well worth a read. I know that there are loads of memoirs out there from soliders fighting in the various allied armies, but I jumped at a chance to read a book from the frequently under-represented German persepctive.
The author writes very well and I felt that he was able to portray the sheer terror of fighting on the Eastern front very well. One engagement in the early part of the book really had me on the edge of my seat as I wondered how they would repel an attack frmo Soviet armour without any ATG's etc.
Great book, great author, great read.
The author writes very well and I felt that he was able to portray the sheer terror of fighting on the Eastern front very well. One engagement in the early part of the book really had me on the edge of my seat as I wondered how they would repel an attack frmo Soviet armour without any ATG's etc.
Great book, great author, great read.
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What a story.
For a 'get down and dirty' ordinary soldiers view of the Eastern front this is worth reading. Perhaps not a classic, but a story of an ordinary man doing extraordinary things, as... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Peter J. Mccurdy
THIS IS TRUE WAR!!!
having read Guy Sajer's book already i had high expectations for this book and i was not disappointed. Read more
Published 9 months ago by john
Not getting the full picture
This book left me with a slight unsatisfactory feeling. Although the writing was strong and it contained a lot of interest, it pales substantially when compared to Sajer's 'the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by A.D.M.
SQUADIE
I enjoyed this book. It was well written and with all the action the author was involved in, kept you turning over the pages to find out what was going to happen next. Read more
Published 11 months ago by squadie
A Fortunate Survivor
This book is an account of the war experience of a member of a machine gun section in the German 24th Panzer Division during the Second World War. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Kerrieblue123
good book up to a point...
I enjoyed this book to a point, but found the authors re-occuring comments saying how he was a good soldier and had nothing to do with anything that was not honourable annoying. Read more
Published on 17 May 2010 by cheetah
Brilliant
Absolutley brilliant book, well worth the read in my opinion. If your like me and like first hand accounts of the eastern front from the germen point of view these books might also... Read more
Published on 6 April 2010 by Mr. Ryan Paul Hanna
Blood red Snow
Although written in the format of a diary it still manages to portray the life and death experiences of a normal German soldier on the Eastern Front during WW2. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2010 by A. Aldred
just read half of blood red snow
just read half of blood red snow,
i am getting more and more supicious that the person or writer of this book
was not even there in the fighting,
it just does not... Read more
i am getting more and more supicious that the person or writer of this book
was not even there in the fighting,
it just does not... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by buff
Excellent!
I don't really want to repeat what other reviewers have said. What I would like to add though, as an ex-professional translator, is how well this story was translated into English... Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by P. Andrews
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