Memoirs of a Wartime Interpreter: From the Battle for Moscow to Hitler's Bunker

TitleMemoirs of a Wartime Interpreter: From the Battle for Moscow to Hitler's Bunker
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsRzhevskai͡a, Elena
Number of Pages352
PublisherGreenhill Books
CityBarnsley
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This memoir by Elena Rzhevskaya writes about the key historical events and everyday life in her own inimitable style. She talks in depth of human suffering, of bittersweet victory, of an author's responsibility, of strange laws of memory and unresolved feelings of guilt. Elena’s role as an interpreter allowed her to forge a link between the Soviet troops and the Germans. She also witnessed the civilian tragedy perpetrated by the Soviets. The book includes her diary material and later additions, including conversations with Zhukov, letters of pathologist Shkaravsky, who led the autopsy, and a new Preface written by Rzhevskaya for the English language edition.

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