Blood Red Snow

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 9:18 am

Has anyone read or is currently reading "Blood Red Snow - The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front" by Gunter K. Koschorrek? Is so, any opinions on the book?

Thanks!

Nate

Frederick L Clemens · Thu Nov 21, 2002 12:21 pm

Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
Author(s): Gunter K. Koschorrek
Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
Released: October, 2002
ISBN: 1853675083
Format: Hardcover
List Price: $34.95

publisher's info:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/blood_red.html

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:11 pm

Frederick,

Have you had a chance to read it or get anyone's critique of it?

Nate

Frederick L Clemens · Post by **Frederick L Clemens** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:32 pm

Sorry, Nate. I haven't even seen it. It's a brand new book so it will take time for people to read and review it. Meanwhile, I would hold off on buying even though the Greenhill website sure makes it sound good!

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:36 pm

Sounds good Frederick.

Best,

Nate

jmark · Post by **jmark** » Fri Nov 22, 2002 3:26 am

Hi there,

I've read the German version (Vergiß die Zeit der Dornen nicht) of this book. It's a pretty good book. Koschorrek was a member of 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 (24. Panzer-Division) and was one of the fortunate few who escaped encirclement at Stalingrad. He arrived in Stalingrad as a replacement in late October 1942. He saw limited action on the Stalingrad front-line, but his story is nevertheless very interesting. Particularly noteworthy is his description of his mission as an 'Essenhöler" (food fetcher) to the Krasny Oktyabr factory. This story goes for about 10 pages but it is gripping stuff.

Kosckorrek's unit moved west once the Russians attacked and thus avoided 'der Kessel' only by the skin of their teeth. They then fought in the bridgeheads around Chir.

It is an excellent first-hand account, and his descriptions of combat west of the Don in November and December 1942 are great. I will definitely be buying this English translation.

I recently received a catalogue from a German bookstore (the name escapes me at the moment, but it has a logo of a sailing ship and is based in München - anyone know?) and they are offering it for 19.95 EURO (they don't have it in stock at the moment), which is significantly cheaper than US dollars – to an Australian anyway!

Jason Mark

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Fri Nov 22, 2002 10:20 am

Jason,

Thanks for the response and detailed critique. Just the kind of info I wanted. Appreciate you taking the time.

Best,

Nate

jmark · Post by **jmark** » Sun Nov 24, 2002 2:15 am

Hi,

Just an addition to my earlier post. The German bookseller is:

Christian Schmidt Fachbuchhandlung
Sauerbruchstraße 10
81377 München
Email: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.christian-schmidt.com

They are selling Blood Red Snow for EURO 18,95. Their order number for this book is #31931.

Jason

David N · Post by **David N** » Fri Nov 29, 2002 8:37 pm

I saw a copy of this book today at a militaria show. Toward the end of the war, the author was in a GD replacement company for the FBD apparently. He describes the GD in Spring 1945 as, "half-trained Hitler Youths, ex-Kreigsmarine and Luftwaffe personnel, and old men who were ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe who barely spoke German."