Willy Peter Reese, Stefan Schmitz, Michael Hofmann - A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944

A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War, Russia 1941-44 is the haunting memoir of a young German soldier on the Russian front during World War II. Willy Peter Reese was only twenty years old when he found himself marching through Russia with orders to take no prisoners. Three years later he was dead. Bearing witness to and participating in the atrocities of war, Reese recorded his reflections in his diary, leaving behind an intelligent, touching, and illuminating perspective on life on the eastern front. He documented the carnage perpetrated by both sides, the destruction which was exacerbated by the young soldiers' hunger, frostbite, exhaustion, and their daily struggle to survive. And he wrestled with his own sins, with the realization that what he and his fellow soldiers had done to civilians and enemies alike was unforgivable, with his growing awareness of the Nazi policies toward Jews, and with his deep disillusionment with himself and his fellow men. An international sensation, A Stranger to Myself is an unforgettable account of men at war.

A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War, Russia 1941-44 is the haunting memoir of a young German soldier on the Russian front during World War II.

Willy Peter Reese was only twenty years old when he found himself marching through Russia with orders to take no prisoners. Three years later he was dead.

Bearing witness to--and participating in--the atrocities of war, Reese recorded his reflections in his diary, leaving behind an intelligent, touching, and illuminating perspective on life on the eastern front. He documented the carnage perpetrated by both sides, the destruction which was exacerbated by the young soldiers' hunger, frostbite, exhaustion, and their daily struggle to survive. And he wrestled with his own sins, with the realization that what he and his fellow soldiers had done to civilians and enemies alike was unforgivable, with his growing awareness of the Nazi policies toward Jews, and with his deep disillusionment with himself and his fellow men.

An international sensation, A Stranger to Myself is an unforgettable account of men at war.

Title Page Table of Contents Foreword Preface The Soldier Polish Intermezzo Russian Passion The Winter War THE ATTACK ON SHCHIGRY THE FLIGHT FROM VOLOVO ADVENT THE NEW YEAR Return Home Russian Voyage EASTWARD HO! THE JOURNEY WEST Lithuanian Landscape The Copse at Rshev THE TRENCH SNOWY WASTES THE FAIRY-TALE FOREST THE GHOST WOOD THE FISHING POND Homecoming The Russian Wandering TRAVELING INTO SUMMER THE BATTLE Wandering into Fall (1943) Uncertain Wanderings FLIGHT THE BATTLE GYPSIES ON THE ROAD THE STRONGPOINT MOMOSHINO PAUSE Notes Copyright Page Stern-Journalist Stefan Schmitz präsentiert einen ungewöhnlichen Fund: Das Manuskript zu einem Buch, das 1941-44 an der Ostfront entstand. Ein Dokument des Grauens, geschrieben in den wenigen freien Zeiträumen außerhalb der Schützengräben und manchmal selbst dort. Vor allem aber eine erschütternde Anklage gegen den Krieg, die weit hinausreicht über den Kontext ihres Entstehens. (Quelle: [Ullstein Verlag](https://www.ullstein-buchverlage.de/nc/buch/details/mir-selber-seltsam-fremd-9783548604862.html))