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Originally Posted by Krauter
Thanks alot for all the current suggestions guys  |
I second this remark! A great effort of a great community!
Thank you all for the cool tips on the Japanese films, I have only seen Letters from Iwo Jima so far. I can only recommend to watch it as a double feature.
@heatc: there was a very impressive dokumentation about surviving kamikaze pilots on arte some 15 years ago. They gathered together for the first time, 50 years after the war. I will do a bit of research to find it, or at least its title.
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Originally Posted by Dan D
A neglected masterpiece of war literature:
“The Stalin Front”, also published as “The Stalin Organ”, by Gert Ledig.
Gert Ledig served in a Penal Battalion on the Eastern Front near Leningrad in summer 1942 as punishment for having made “communist statements”.
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I must admit that I have never heard of Ledig before, but I will have to get the book. I might had known someone who had been in this particular batallion
, too bad that the book is written as a novel, but maybe the names or descriptions can give me a hint about my late acquaintance.
Glad to see that there are still some readers outside! A quick amazon.com search has shown me that some of the good books have indeed been translated into american
I will make a list of books from the german pov which I can recommend tomorrow, had a stressfull day today, so I'll dive down again after this message.
over and out,
Penguin