Shoah: An Oral History of the Holocaust [All-Region]2 reviews

why pay more?

+ Outstanding, and the best I've seen in video

I was a bit hesitant to by this particular Korean make. But the risk paid off. The picture is excellent and the subtitles--English, Korean, etc.--are easily removeable and switchable. So don't get ripped off by those who have you over a barrel at $149.00?! As for the film itself: it is one of ...
  
  











  



  
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary59 reviews
Anonymous

Picador, 2006

In Your Face

+ Moving and Raw
+ Diary that brings you to Berlin
+ best read
+ Remarkable, Touching Story by a Woman Who Endured Hell
  
  











  



  
Fateless
Nagy, Dora
  
  











  



  
The Fall of Berlin 1945126 reviews
Antony Beevor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

brutal end to a brutal war

+ A well written history book

This is a story of epic violence, the final act of staggering and extended violence of the Second World War in Europe, the campaign for, envelopment and destruction of Berlin and a good share of its population, by the Red Army. Beevor's book is riveting, well written, engrossing, and emotionally ...
  
  











  



  
The Murderers Are Among Us6 reviews
Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer

FIRST RUN FEATURES, 2002

Not To Be Missed

+ A movie that focusses on Germans rebuilding their lives after the War
+ The Murderers Are Among Us
+ A moving story of guilt, redemption and hope; German expressionism and documentary realism
+ Dark future in post-war Germany...
  
  











  



  
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943244 reviews
Antony Beevor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Great In-depth Analysis

+ Very accessible history
+ First Rate Analysis
+ How totalitarian dictatorships mishandle leadership
+ Historical
  
  











  



  
Tank Rider: Into the Reich with the Red Army9 reviews
Evgeni Bessonov

Greenhill Books, 2006

Fascinating Account

+ Viewing WWII from the back of a tank
+ A good story that needed a better editor
+ grittty, realistic look at Russian tank crews and infantry pushing into Germany in WWII
  
  











  



  
Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-194549 reviews
Catherine Merridale

Picador, 2006

Finally a compelling expose on the true nature of the red army

+ Ivan's War
+ Vivid!
+ Here they come again
  
  











  



  
Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection28 reviews
Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko

Criterion, 2002

Ballad of a good soldier, friend, and son

+ Mother Love
+ Ballad of a Soldier
+ Honest and pure
+ Ballad Of a Soldier
  
  











  



  
Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front27 reviews
Gunter K Koschorrek

Greenhill Books, 2006

Blood Red Snow

+ A "Boots on the Ground" View
+ Good read.

"Blood Red Snow" is another excellent book written about the German version of War in the East, through yet another direct participant in that war (this book is "one more" excellent - German perspective from the many great books on WWII, within the Amazon publishings). It's important to know one ...
  
  











  



  
A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-194429 reviews
Willy Peter Reese

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005

This book was not written for entertainment

+ Deeply moved
+ A Stranger to Himself, But a Friend to the Rest of Us
+ Soulful and poetic
  
  











  



  
In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front (Modern War Studies (Paper))55 reviews
Gottlob Herbert Bidermann

University Press of Kansas, 2001

Excellent account of hardship, interesting perspective

+ Another clear look into the Geman's soldiers life on the Russian Front
+ Very realistic, moving and, at times, hard hitting!
+ Excellent Read - With One Exception
  
  











  



  
Stalingrad187 reviews
Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann

Fox Lorber, 1998

stalingrad

+ Good War Movie
+ The best of the very best
+ A winner cult movie!
  
  











  



  
Shoah: An Oral History of the Holocaust [All-Region]2 reviews

why pay more?

+ Outstanding, and the best I've seen in video

I was a bit hesitant to by this particular Korean make. But the risk paid off. The picture is excellent and the subtitles--English, Korean, etc.--are easily removeable and switchable. So don't get ripped off by those who have you over a barrel at $149.00?! As for the film itself: it is one of ...
  
  











  



  
Ballad of a Soldier - Criterion Collection28 reviews
Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko

Criterion, 2002

Ballad of a good soldier, friend, and son

+ Mother Love
+ Ballad of a Soldier
+ Honest and pure
+ Ballad Of a Soldier
  
  











  



  
Fateless
Nagy, Dora
  
  











  



  
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943244 reviews
Antony Beevor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Great In-depth Analysis

+ Very accessible history
+ First Rate Analysis
+ How totalitarian dictatorships mishandle leadership
+ Historical
  
  











  



  
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary59 reviews
Anonymous

Picador, 2006

In Your Face

+ Moving and Raw
+ Diary that brings you to Berlin
+ best read
+ Remarkable, Touching Story by a Woman Who Endured Hell
  
  











  



  
A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-194429 reviews
Willy Peter Reese

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005

This book was not written for entertainment

+ Deeply moved
+ A Stranger to Himself, But a Friend to the Rest of Us
+ Soulful and poetic
  
  











  



  
The Fall of Berlin 1945126 reviews
Antony Beevor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

brutal end to a brutal war

+ A well written history book

This is a story of epic violence, the final act of staggering and extended violence of the Second World War in Europe, the campaign for, envelopment and destruction of Berlin and a good share of its population, by the Red Army. Beevor's book is riveting, well written, engrossing, and emotionally ...