Breakout at Stalingrad - by Heinrich Gerlach (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>The original version of the classic novel of the epic World War II battle, confiscated by the Russian secret services in 1949, and now rediscovered in the Russian archives.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Stalingrad, November 1942. Lieutenant Breuer dreams of returning home for Christmas. Since August, the Germans have been fighting the Soviets for control of the city on the Volga. Between November 19 and 23 a Soviet counterattack encircles the Sixth Army. Some 300,000 German troops will endure a hellish winter on the freezing steppe. When Field Marshal Paulus surrenders on February 2, 1943, just 91,000 German soldiers remain alive. Breakout at Stalingrad has an extraordinary story behind it. Its author was imprisoned by the Soviets at Stalingrad. In captivity, he wrote a novel based on his experiences, which the Soviets confiscated. He resorted to hypnosis to remember his narrative, and in 1957 it was published as The Forsaken Army. Fifty-five years later Carsten Gansel came across the original in a Moscow archive.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"All this material is so deftly handled and well constructed that it is astonishing that <i>Breakout at Stalingrad</i> is Gerlach's first attempt at fiction." --<i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>"Anyone who wants an idea of what Stalingrad was really like should read this book . . . Gerlach records the lives and feelings of soldiers of all ranks." --<i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i><br><br>"This excellent book will shine a light on the horrors of the Eastern Front for a new generation of English-speaking readers . . . An absolute gem of a book." --<i>Soldier </i>magazine<br><br>"Gerlach was among the wounded [at Stalingrad] and his truly magnificent novel [...] is a devastating account of the appalling privations suffered by the German army, left to their fate by the German army, left to their fate by the foundering, over-stretched Fatherland. A masterpiece." --<i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br>"One of the greatest novels of the Second World War." --<i>Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Heinrich Gerlach</b> served as a lieutenant in the 14th Panzer Division at Stalingrad. Wounded and then captured by the Soviets, he wrote <i>Breakout at Stalingrad</i> while being held in captivity in the USSR. He died in 1991. </p>
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