Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs Of A German Soldier On The Eastern Front

Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs Of A German Soldier On The Eastern Front

For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter 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.About the AuthorGunther 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.