Is The Forgotten Soldier one of the greatest firsthand accounts of World War II—or is it a story we can't completely trust?
Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier has become one of the best-known memoirs of the German experience on the Russian Front. For generations of readers, it has offered a gripping, often brutal account of combat on the Eastern Front.
But how accurate is it?
In this episode of World War 2 Live, John, Kevin and Mark take a closer look at the book, its extraordinary claims, the details that have been questioned, and the debate over whether Sajer's account can be taken at face value.
Kevin considers it one of the best firsthand accounts of the war. John points to details that are difficult to document—or demonstrably questionable. And somewhere in between those two positions is a fascinating question:
Can we believe The Forgotten Soldier?
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