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From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
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Subject: Re: A Book of Interest
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Date: 30 Mar 89 05:01:07 GMT
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From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

In article <5203@cbnews.ATT.COM>, uunet!bywater!archet!wlm%pasteur.Berkeley.EDU@ (William L. Moran Jr.) writes:
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: From: uunet!bywater!archet!wlm%pasteur.Berkeley.EDU@ (William L. Moran Jr.)
: The book ``The Forgotten Soldier'' by Guy Sajer has recently been
: reprinted by The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co.; it is ISBN
: 0-933852-82-7. This is one of the best books on war from the foot
: soldiers point of view (IMHO). It would rank right up
: there with All Quiet. Anyway, Guy Sajer was a German soldier in WW 2,
: and the book is about his experiences. For most of the book he was in
: the Gross Deutschland division; the book covers 1942 through the end
: of the war. Most of this time, he was serving against the Russians. It
: is well written. I would recommend it highly.

Sajer was a French citizen, hailing from Alsace-Lorraine (in case the
name didn't look too German to you).  Coming home after the war
couldn't have been too much fun for him; the book barely addresses that
issue.  Fascinating reading.