Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier

I am not 100% sure exactly what I was suppose to write on other than it has to something literary. So I chose my favorite book, a autobiography by a German soldier Guy Sajer. The story is his recounts of his time as part of the German Army from 1942 to the end of the war. Stationed on the Eastern Front he describes his brutal time battling with the Soviet’s in vivid accuracy in what I would consider the most realistic account of war ever written. Being a avid WWII fan and historian this book brought me to understand much of what the soldiers on both sides had to endure and the miserable conditions that fighting on the Eastern Front brought to those involved.

There is much controversy as to whether this account is fully accurate and trustworthy. A site dedicated to discussing this issue follows. http://members.shaw.ca/grossdeutschland/sajer.htm For me I do feel that overall it is a very realistic account, though it of course can not be fully accurate and most likely has a few things that were thrown in, however that doesn’t take away from the work as a whole, and the masterful comprehension of the bloodiest time in human history.