We are very proud to once and for all enter the age of social networking. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris have. Rs sven hassel 4 books free ebooks download ebookee. 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. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Trapped by the russian counterattack, starving soldiers must resort to cannibalism to survive. Hassel made his stuff up as he went along without any real research. The books describe the exploits of a 27th penal panzer regiment composed of expendable soldiers sentenced criminals, courtmartialed soldiers and political undesirables. If i remember correctly, they are more representative of life in a particular type of military unit during the war the ss penal brigades. It is about the only time when one of sven s books has a natural sequel to it, im hoping that monte cassino lives up to assignment gestapo, which shows what sven and co gets up to away from the rough and tumble of warfare.
From somewhere behind us came the sounds of men shouting and of a general uproar. He did his compulsory years military service in the danish forces in 1936 and then, facing unemployment, joined the german army. Convicted of deserting the german army, sven hassel was sent to a punishment regiment on the russian front. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. His books are as real as the casca books by barry sadler, and sadlers stuff was a better read. Sven hassel born in 1917 in fredensborg, denmark, sven hassel joined the merchant navy at the age of 14. Sven hassels iconic war novel about the russian front. Tiny and the legionnaire had stayed to guard the rear, while the rest of us pressed on.
Hassels books are written in the first person, with hassel himself as a character, though not necessarily the lead character. The second world war claimed over 60 million lives and flattened most of europe. The second world war is the war that just keeps on giving. An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of europe new york times legion of the damned is an incredible picture of totalitarianism, of stupefying injustice. This is a probing look at the gestapo and the fanatics and megalomaniacs who made it such a. Sven hassels descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. Read gestapo edition francaise by sven hassel available from rakuten kobo. Books by sven hassel author of legion of the damned. Based on information on the sven hassels web page i decided to buy this book, thinking this may be of a different sort ive read before. 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. Read gestapo svenska utgavan by sven hassel available from rakuten kobo. Assignment gestapo by sven hassel, 9780752882291, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Btw has anybody tried to check records of sven hassel. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Sven, porta, old man, tiny and legionnaire were back from horrid russian front. His books including legion of the damned, monte cassino and liquidate paris. The hot dog vendor from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. Dec 23, 2010 sven hassel s ultimate tank warfare novel. Oct 02, 2012 sven hassel, who has died aged 95, wrote 14 massively popular novels about life in the wartime german army. Just as the gestapo had its secret operatives among the mass of the population, the sd had agents, known only to the chief sd officers, in every department of the german government, in the armed forces, in the nazi party, among. The fieldpost numbers he mentions are to the 65 panzer abteilung and 7th company which if i remember correctly he mentions in some books, then the abteilung was absorbed byt the 11th panzer regiment, both in the 6 panzer division. Edicion espanola sven hassel serie belica and millions of other books are available for instant access.
Sven hassel and the strange obsession with nazi fiction. Sven hassel complete series en mobi ebook mobi heroturko. The gestapo secret state police originated in 1933 under hermann goering and was ultimately merged with the sd. His unflinching narrative takes us to the most extreme outposts of war, where soldiers face an inferno of blood and butchery. How far are sven hassels books representative of life in. Sven hassel and his comrades are plunged into the maelstrom of stalingrad. Into the screaming inferno of the russian front the tank battalions of hitlers penal regiments were thrown. Typical hollywoodesque fair of nazis as one dimensional utterly despicable monsters. Jul 20, 2015 sven hassel 10 romans epub et pdf auteurs. Their new post was hamburg, but i would say the all horrors of the front was nothing to compare to way how gestapo dealt with own people.
Sven hassel had unique talent to describe the most horrid things that one can do to another being. The most hated and feared of hitlers madmen on a sadistic rampage of blood, lust and murder. Nevertheless, wed value in case you have any kind of info on the item, and they are willing to offer it. I read two of his books forty years ago, gestapo and the beast regiment the titles released in the us. Sven hassel ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. But tiny, porta, the legionnaire and sven attempt to break out, to fight their way across the frozen steppe. Gestapo ebook by sven hassel 9788791466380 rakuten kobo.
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. Buy a cheap copy of marchbataillon book by sven hassel. After two chapters, i had a strange feeling something isnt right, there was not a plot, it was a sequence of hardmen talks, just weak. It is about the only time when one of svens books has a natural sequel to it, im hoping that monte cassino lives up to assignment gestapo, which shows what sven and co gets up to away from the rough and tumble of warfare. He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never brutal or bitter. March battalion cassell military paperbacks by sven hassel. Assignment gestapo is a direct prelude to monte cassino, which takes me to my next stop. Sven hassel s descriptions of the atrocities committed by both sides are the most horrible indictments of war i have ever read. The sven hassel collection by sven hassel nook book ebook. It is possible that he did serve in the 6th panzer division or heard the stories from somebody who did. This is the official page of sven hassel, run by family. Feb 18, 2016 i read two of his books forty years ago, gestapo and the beast regiment the titles released in the us.
Download rs sven hassel 4 books free epub, mobi, pdf ebooks download, ebook torrents download. Based on information on the sven hassel s web page i decided to buy this book, thinking this may be of a different sort ive read before. Jun 19, 2014 assignment gestapo is a direct prelude to monte cassino, which takes me to my next stop. He and his comrades were regarded as little more than dispensable killingmachines, cannon fodder for hitlers war. A history of horror draws upon delarues interviews with exgestapo agents to deliver a multilayered history of the force whose work included killing student resisters, establishing aryan eugenic unions, and implementing the final solution.
Assignment gestapo by sven hassel books hachette australia. Gestapo ebook by sven hassel 9788791466694 rakuten kobo. This is a book of horrors, and should be left alone by those prone to nightmares. Their new post was hamburg, but i would say the all horrors of the front was nothing to compare to.