An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of europe new york timeslegion of the damned is an incredible picture of totalitarianism, of stupefying injustice. He began writing his first novel, legion of the damned in a prisoner of war camp at the end of the second world war. The sven hassel collection includes all 14 books in sven hassels series and. The legion of the damned was the german penal battalion in which the author, a dane, found himself after having spent several months in concentration camps on a charge of desertion. The commissar had the biggest secret of the russian war. The legion of the damned book series by sven hassel includes books the legion of the damned, wheels of terror, frontkammerater, and several more. Legion of the damned is ultimately about more than its authors identity or past, and should be read for what it has to offer as a book independent of warbuff minutiae. This item does not appear to have any files that can be experienced on archive. The legion of the damned sven hassel official site. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Assignment gestapo by sven hassel, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Legion of the damned cassell military paperbacks sven.
Introduction to the legion of the damned the first in the sven hassel series of novels was, according to erik haaests hysterical biography of hassel, actually written by georg gjedde, a staff writer at the danish grafisk forlag publishing house. The question of whether sven hassels legion of the damned is a memoir, an oral history posing as a. Those who appreciate its admittedly roughedged message are advised to seek out other sven hassel novels for what is, i can assure you, one hell of a ride through the battlefield. Sven hassel s iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino. The story is about death, destruction and struggle. Spend a moment from your computer, open the the sven hassel collection book, and rebuild your soul a bit. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Legion of the damned audiobook sven hassel storytel. Sven hassel has 44 books on goodreads with 29340 ratings. The novels are based on his own experiences in the german army.
If anything ive found legion of the damned even more powerful and provocative than when i first read it all those years ago. The complete series has to this day been published in. He handled them well, especially on the chattahoochee before the battle of atlanta and later at the defense of savannah in december 1864. War story of the 27th panzers, hitlers heavyduty combat regiment composed of prisoners. Autobiography legion of the damned, wheels of terror, comrades of war, march battalion, assignment gestapo, monte cassino, liquidate paris, ss general, r. The legion of the damned by hassel, sven 1 edition first. The narrative, made up of fragmentary experiences rather than a complete and unified series of events, speaks symbolically for the horrible and ridiculous aspects of war, which are its main concern, for hassel. The book covers a chronological period of a number of years, starting with the protagonists arrest and time in german concentration camps, and ending with his being an officer and company commander on the russian front. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the blitzfreeze, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never brutal or bitter.
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Hassels books of war are the most powerful i have ever read. He began writing legion of the damned during his time as a prisoner of war. Legion of the damned cassell military paperbacks cassell. The legion of the damned by hassel, sven, 1917publication date 1957. Assignment gestapo sven hassel sven hassel and his comrades are ordered to get behind russian lines and massacre. Sven hassel legion of the damned sad statue youtube.
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He began to write his first book, legion of the damned while he was interned. Legion of the damned is undouubtably the best book i have ever read. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. This is the first in a series of wwii books about a danish soldier serving in the german army, purporting to be autobiographical. Legion of the damned sven hassel war classics paperback. Read the sven hassel collection by sven hassel available from rakuten kobo. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having. Sven hassel, whose factbased tales of second world warfare have sold millions, has created another horrific war novel, this time set on the deadly russian front. Sven hassels iconic war novel about the russian front.
Sven hassel official site official sven hassel site. Hassel, a danish volunteer who served in the german army throughout wwii, based this story on his own horrific experiences fighting on the russian front. With a brutal realism he describes the atrocities of war and the crimes. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the legion of the damned, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. He published his first book, legion of the damned, in 1953. Additional info for the commissar legion of the damned, book 14 example text.
Explore books by sven hassel with our selection at. Buy legion of the damned sven hassel war classics new ed by hassel, sven isbn. Sven hassel was the pen name of the danishborn borge willy redsted pedersen 19 april 1917 21 september 2012 who wrote novels set during world war ii. The movie is wheels of terror misfit brigade, song.
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An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of europe new york times legion of the damned is an incredible picture of totalitarianism, of stupefying injustice. Although he is arguably one of the most sold danish authors, at most second to hans christian andersen, danish public libraries, as of 2012. The sven hassel collection sven hassel war classics. Dec 23, 2010 legion of the damned ebook written by sven hassel. While there is some controversy with respect to hassels wwii stories this book reads to me as an unapologetic confessional of a young man caught up in the horrors of an impossible situation. Get special knowledge after reading this book hachette uk. The story focuses on a doomed platoon of german soldiers on the western front in 1944, with sven hassel as one of them. He was fortunate enough to see wheels of terror receive a film adaptation in 1987. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Sven hassels descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. The book covers a chronological period of a number of years.
He is, too, a firstrate storyteller washington postconvicted of deserting the. Sven hassel s unflinching narrative is based on his own experiences in the german army. This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares. For sven hassels legion of the damned, it was more interesting researching the author than reading the book. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read legion of the damned. The rough style and breaks in narrative, along with incidents so strange theyd be hard to make up, the relative concentration on everything but combat, and even the simplistic but. In 1943, this motley tank crew is sent on a suicide mission behind enemy lines to destroy a soviet train thats carrying fuel for the red army. A book about friendship, about war, about adventure, laughter, stupidity, death. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned goodreads. Sven hassel s iconic war novel about the russian front. Fordomtes legion is the first in a series of fourteen world war ii novels written by sven hassel. Sven hassels iconic novel about the battle for monte cassino.
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