May, 2007 enjoyes everyone of sven hassel books too but dont get me started on j t edson now, the real cowboy books you should have read was a book series called edge now he was a mean barsteward cant think for the life of me who wrote that fecker beats dusty fogg any day he was 5 6 but was the biggest man in the room sort of. The complete series has to this day been published in. He joined the merchant marine in 1931, taking his mothers maiden name hassel as his own surname. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris. Ss general italian paperback january 1, 1972 by sven hassel author. His personal account of the horrors of war, the futility and the hope that you must keep going against the odds are no better summarised than in the ss general. Sven hassels descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. Although he is arguably one of the most sold danish authors, at most second to hans christian andersen, danish public libraries, as of 2012, did not stock his books. Sven hassel was a world war ii novelist, who completed a series of fourteen books, that tell the battles of a penal regiment on the eastern front. The second world war is the war that just keeps on giving.
Trapped by the russian counterattack, starving soldiers must resort to cannibalism to survive. He was raised in the traditional scenario of a danish workingclass family. Sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. Binky verdi general ss, monte cassino, all of them. Buy ss general sven hassel war classics by hassel, sven from amazons fiction books store. At the age of 14 sven embarked in the merchant navy as a shipboy. The sven hassel collection ebook written by sven hassel. Ss generalen is a novel by the danish writer sven hassel. He published his first book, legion of the damned, in 1953. Sven hassel characters were in 27 sonderregiment, a penal unit. This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares. Sven hassel s descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. The amazing story of his escape from the hell of stalingrad is compulsory reading. Sven hassels writing has the lasting proportions of greatness.
It was said that stalingrad had been burning since august, ever since the first german bombs were dropped. Site dedicated to the great danish war story writer sven hassel portas kitchen sven hassel web site from joseph porta and the peaceloving burghers of the 27 th penal panzer regiment. Hassel recounts his experience as a soldier of slaughter and brings the reader into the parallel hell of the barracks and that of fighting through horror, sadism and madness. This book describes the atrocities in stalingrad during ww2. Sven hassel official site official sven hassel site. Hassel sven 15 downloads 269 views 731kb size report this content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Avoids history of wimer and post weimar europe, role of longheld traditional antisemitism, versailles devastation and famines of europe and most notably, the influx of militant communism especially rosa luxembourg sdp member and kurt eisner of the bavarian soviet republic a deliberate stab into the. Sven hassel compares favorably with ernest hemingway.
Legion of the damned book one 2019 ich sah sie sterben. Sven hassel born in 1917 in fredensborg, denmark, sven hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. Generalss scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. In 1936 he did his military service, and the following year, due to the great unemplyment in denmark, he joined the. Ss general ebook by sven hassel 9780297865759 rakuten kobo.
The battle over monte casino was one of the bloodiest of the ww ii and no doubt hassel decided to put his band there. Edition francaise sven hassel serie deuxieme guerre mondiale. The early books are fascinating for their genuine, albeit fictionalised, account of hassels actual experiences. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris have. 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. He eventually wound up in the german armyits not clear if he was drafted or if he enlisted, even though he was not a german citizenand served in a tank unit in 1939 during the german. Sven pedersen was born on april 19th 1917 in frederiksborg, denmark. He did his compulsory years military service in the danish forces in 1936 and then, facing unemployment, joined the german army.
Hassel presents his best scenes with the restraint and emotional control of hemingway. Sven, porta, tiny, barcelona and others were fighting for survival against masses of allied forces and yes they managed it again. The sven hassel collection by sven hassel books on. Sven hassel and the strange obsession with nazi fiction. Sven hassel based his unflinching narrative on his experiences in the german army. Just wanted to share that while the works themselves are fiction, the author was a volunteer that served in the ss wiking division. On retrouvera les prersonnages devenus familiers aux lecteurs. Sven hassel ebooks epub and pdf format sven hassel ebooks. Sven hassel is currently considered a single author. The author sven hassel was born in 1917 in fredensborg, a small village of denmark. Danish writer sven hassel was born in fredericksborg, denmark, in 1917. He joined the danish merchant marine when he was 20, and a year later moved to germany. Hassels books of war are the most powerful i have ever read.
He ended the second world war in a prisoner of war camp, where he wrote his first novel legion of the damned. Ss general is the definitive stalingrad novel, a gripping portrait of wars brutal realities. Apparently this is supposed to be some of the main characters in the sven hasselbooks. Sven hassel rates among the truly great war book writers. Ss general, on the other hand, is complete fiction, albeit within the very real environmnet of stalingrad and the don steppe neither hassel nor the ss were at stalingrad.
Sven hassel ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Born in 1917 in fredensborg, denmark, sven hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. The book describes their escape from the stalingrad siege under the leadership of a fanatical. Dec 16, 20 the sven hassel collection ebook written by sven hassel. The second world war claimed over 60 million lives and flattened most of europe. But tiny, porta, the legionnaire and sven attempt to break out, to.
Typical hollywoodesque fair of nazis as one dimensional utterly despicable monsters. More information about this seller contact this seller 7. He served throughout world war ii on all fronts except north africa. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Monte cassino is a classic sven hassel novel, a noholdsbarred account of frontline combat. The plot is a bit fictional from what i know, waffenss didnt participate in the battle of stalingrad. Comrades of war by hassel, sven, 1917publication date 1963 topics world war, 19391945.
Oct 02, 2012 sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. Ss general is a great novel written by sven hassel, a danish soldier who fought in the 27th penal panzer regiment. Ssgeneralen is a novel by the danish writer sven hassel. Jun 19, 2014 buy ss general sven hassel war classics by hassel, sven from amazons fiction books store. It was first published in 1960 and has been translated in many languages. Sven hassel and his comrades are plunged into the maelstrom of stalingrad. Descargar general ss sven hassel en pdf libros geniales. The early books are fascinating for their genuine, albeit fictionalised, account of hassel s actual experiences.
The following biography of sven hassel is pieced together from several official sources book covers, the brochure for the film of wheels of terror, interviews and a press release kindly supplied by sven s son, michael. Oct 29, 2005 sven pedersen was born on april 19th 1917 in frederiksborg, denmark. Explore books by sven hassel with our selection at. Sven hassel romanlarinin wolfgang creutzfeld ile ayrilmayan bas karakterlerinden biri. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the sven hassel collection.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Join facebook to connect with sven hassel and others you may know. Seventyone years after it ended, the second world war is still the gotto global conflict for hundreds, nay, thousands, of books, movies, tv series, comics, and gungho trigger happy violent computer games. The plot is a bit fictional from what i know, waffen ss didnt participate in the battle of stalingrad. Sven hassel sven pedersen was born on april 19th 1917 to a typical danish workingclass family in frederiksborg, denmark. Written in the first person, ssgeneral is based on the adventures of a group of german penal battalion soldiers in the battle of stalingrad. The novels are based on his own experiences in the german army.