4.4
Biografier
Gunter 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 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 honor the memory of those who perished. Gunter 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.
© 2018 Tantor Media, Inc. (Lydbog): 9781977374448
Release date
Lydbog: 24. juli 2018
4.4
Biografier
Gunter 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 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 honor the memory of those who perished. Gunter 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.
© 2018 Tantor Media, Inc. (Lydbog): 9781977374448
Release date
Lydbog: 24. juli 2018
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Ole
15. apr. 2021
An Interesting account and masterfully narrated. Sadly,the credibility is undermined by some peculiar anachronisms. Most irritating is the consequent referral to Russian SMGs as kalashnikovs. Not a single shot was fired from this gun in WW2! It was not invented till 1947 - hence the name AK 47. The Russians used Ppsh-41 and 43. This is not an obscure fact and should have been caught by the editors.
Jakob
26. jun. 2022
En interesant og personlig fortælling. God oplæser
Morten Forsberg
6. apr. 2022
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Li
15. aug. 2022
En sjælden fortalt historie fra tysk vinkelMange var ufrivilligt fanget i det sindssyge spil
Michael
28. mar. 2023
Fantastisk spændende at følge med i hans oplevelser fra Stalingrad til afslutningen
Mads
10. jun. 2023
Klicheen om den upolitiske soldat med et familiært forhold til den russiske civilbefolkning og stor forargelse over de få tyske og mange russiske krigsforbrydelser.
Frank
10. okt. 2023
En helt unik og fantastisk spændende indsigt og fortælling om en tysk soldat og de oplevelser han gennemgik under krigen. Oplæseren er ligeledes rigtig god.
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