• Paperback cover of Soldaten by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer; bold red title, subtitle about German POWs, soldiers photograph.
  • Paperback Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying - Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs, on a wooden table.
  • Paperback cover of Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying, German POWs, on a wooden table.
  • Open paperback of Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying, The Secret Second World War Tapes of German POWs, 2013.
  • Open Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying book, paperback, pages showing the 'Formal Duties' section.
  • Back cover of Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying, German POWs tapes; paperback 2013, with text and barcode.
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Soldaten by Sönke Neitzel & Harald Welzer Paperback

Soldaten by Sönke Neitzel & Harald Welzer Paperback

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Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying

A powerful and unsettling WWII history book built from real recorded voices. Honest, disturbing, and impossible to forget.

Some items on Kate's Treasures15 are chosen because they're beautiful or useful. Others are here because they meant something to my dad. He was an actor, a scriptwriter, and a serious collector of films and books that had something to say. This is one of those books.

Written by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer, Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying is a remarkable work of historical non-fiction based on secretly recorded conversations between German prisoners of war during the Second World War. The men had no idea they were being listened to, allowing historians to uncover raw, unfiltered conversations that offer an extraordinary insight into warfare, ideology, and the mindset of ordinary soldiers.

Every book in Dad's collection has been individually photographed and honestly described, so you know exactly what you're buying. If you enjoy WWII history, military history, wartime psychology, or books that explore the darker realities of human behaviour, this is an important and thought-provoking read.

📖 About This Edition

Paperback | English Language | Historical Non-Fiction

  • Authors: Sönke Neitzel & Harald Welzer
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
  • Edition: Standard UK Edition
  • Themes: WWII history, wartime psychology, ideology, moral justification, human behaviour
Condition Book is in good overall condition. The cover shows visible storage and shelf wear, including a crease to the top left corner of the back cover, light edge wear, and minor surface marks to the rear cover. The pages are clean, while the spine remains structurally sound. Please refer to the photographs as they form part of the description.
Arya's Approval
Right darlings… this one is not here to hold your hand. It is heavy, honest, and properly unsettling, which is exactly why it matters. Not an easy read, but definitely an important one.
★★★★★ 5 PAWS, Arya, Chief Drama Officer & Keeper of Serious Stories

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