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Blood Red Snow
- The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
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 40 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.
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- Mr T K Murray
- 12-10-19
Great story
Great story really takes you to the front. However the English accent of the narrator irritated me. The book would have been better narrated by someone German/Scandinavian accent to give it more authenticity.
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- Eamon
- 30-05-22
Good story but sanitised
A good story but sanitised I felt
No mention of the holocaust
But still worth a listen
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- Émilie Doveau
- 12-03-24
Objective
A succinct and objective account or the eastern front. surprised how he survived but I'm sure thousands others lived a similar experience. Very glad I listened.
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- paul hadfeild
- 23-09-18
very good book
i liked this book it's a good story ,glosses over atrocities and keeps talking about kalashnikov's which didn't exsist until after ww2 but other than that you get the idea it's mainly true .
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- Harry
- 08-02-21
Engrossing
A harrowing account of war on the eastern front, told through the eyes of a man caught up in it. The story is told with no political ideals, or historical judgement. A fantastic listen.
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- Graham Finlay
- 02-10-19
Great Book
My first audio book, was a great listen. Detail was excellent as were the story lines. A horrific campaign for both sides.
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- B COOK
- 18-09-19
fantastic read
what a fantastic story. So nice to hear the account from the other side. Lest We Forget
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- Weary Gardener
- 20-04-20
Excellent
Entertaining and very easy to listen. Highly recommended. Very detailed description of ww2 battlesband hardship.
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- Significant Other.
- 20-01-21
Well worth a listen.
An awesome description of life on the Eastern Front 1941/42 and the subsequent retreat West. (For those lucky enough to escape from Stalingrad)
The author’s descriptions are detailed and the story is delivered very well by the narrator, whose pronunciation of German names, words and places; is flawless.
Highly recommended.
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- Jayceon1888
- 29-08-18
If you like the Eastern front then you’ll like this book
This book is the story of a teenage recruit on the eastern front in ww2. Its not the best memoir I have read or listened to the story is told in diary form, one thing I did find different in this book is the soilder telling the story is in constant retreat, the story starts from the Don steppe during the assault on Stalingrad and its basically the soilders diary entry’s of the reteat back to German. The story is told well but is quite dry and boring at times for a book about the eastern front. I suppose the truth is sometimes boring compared to other books I have read that I seriously doubt there authenticity. All in all a part of history not wrote about enough
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