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"A Writer at War" - the translation of his diary from 41-45 - is truly the most moving, most horrifying book I have ever read. After reading the account of the
by vbtemp 5y ago
"A Writer at War" - the translation of his diary from 41-45 - is truly the most moving, most horrifying book I have ever read. After reading the account of the uprising at Treblinka, I was changed forever. I think it goes to show what an incredible man Grossman was, as just weeks after liberating the death camps, he resolutely chronicles the mass rape and murder of German civilians by his own forces.
- MichaelMoser123 5y agoHe wrote an article during the war "the hell of Treblinka", (here in Russian http://lib.ru/PROZA/GROSSMAN/trebl.txt http://lib.ru/PROZA/GROSSMAN/trebl.txt) This article was even used as evidence of the prosecution during the Nuremberg trials (says wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grossman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grossman)