War Diaries (October 17) (nonfiction)
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War Diary entries for October 17.
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William Hoffman: October 17, 1942
Our regiment has failed to break into the factory. We have lost many men; every time you move you have to jump over bodies. You can scarcely breathe in the daytime; there is nowhere and no one to remove the bodies, so they are left there to rot. Who would have thought three months ago that instead of the joy of victory we would have to endure such sacrifice and torture, the end of which is nowhere in sigh ... The soldiers are calling Stalingrad the mass grave of the Wehrmacht ....
- Diary of William Hoffman (PDF) - a German soldier who perished at Stalingrad
