Nikolai E. Obryn'ba
The epic World War II battles between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union are the subject of a vast literature, but little has been published in English on the experiences of ordinary Sovietsâ€”civilians and soldiersâ€”who were sucked into a bitter conflict that marked their lives forever. Their struggle for survival, and their resistance to the invadersâ€™ brutality in the occupied territories, is one of the great untold stories of the war. ,This is why Nikolai Obrynâ€™baâ€™s unforgettable, intimate memoir is so valuable. Written late in the authorâ€™s life, it tells of Operation Barbarossa, during which he was taken prisoner; the horrors of SS prison camps; his escape; his war fighting behind German lines as a partisan; and the world of suffering and tragedy around him. His perceptive, uncompromising account lays bare the everyday reality of war on the Eastern Front.
Autobiography,Memoir
Red Partisan: The Memoir of a Soviet Resistance Fighter on the Eastern Front