Battle Of Stalingrad

Stalingrad, Soviet Union

26 August 1943

Dear Mom

I ‘m writing to let you know that I’m fine and that there is nothing wrong with me. But also to tell you how bad it is here, a few days ago the Germans dropped bombs over the city, over 1,000 of our soldiers died! As well as a few thousand more injured or ill from the bad conditions. And since Stalin decided to send all of his capable soldiers to Stalingrad for the battle, after he shipped all of the city's railroad rolling stock, grain and cattle over the river out harms way, he left the city starving before the battle began.

Hitler and his Nazi party started this since Stalingrad is firstly, a very industrialized city next to the Volga River, that Hitler wishes to posses because of its transport path connecting the Caspian Sea with Northern Russia. Secondly, because of the fact our leader Joseph Stalin has his name in the cities title making it a good source of propaganda if he brought it down.

Now after the bombing its hard to believe that the ruins we are walking on were once a great city full of life and peace, and that now thanks to the tyranny of one man the dust that lies lifeless beneath our feet covered in the ice cold snow was once home to someone. Mom the things we have seen here are cruel and hard to explain in one short letter so when I get back to Moscow ill tell you just how miserable we are here

Sincerely Your Son, Andrei Koslov

http://www.aish.com/holocaust/overview/graphics/he05n18a.jpg