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Sven Hassel was the pen name of the Danish-born Børge Willy Redsted Pedersen (19 April 1917 – 21 September 2012) [1] known for his novels about German soldiers fighting in World War II. In Denmark he used the pen name Sven Hazel. [2]
SVEN HASSEL SITE. Sven Hassel began writing his first novel, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, as a prisoner of war at the end of the Second World War. This led to a series of fourteen books with an unshakeable narrative which draw on his own fight and experiences as a soldier in the German Army.
For the private front soldier in the Wehrmacht the only thing that matters without false hope is to survive, and to do so, the raw and cynical humour of Sven Hassel’s characters is a tremendous help. Sven Hassel uses short sentences and chapters giving his writing a powerful dynamic.
Oct 2, 2012 · Sven Hassel was a pseudonym, and the Sven character, narrator of the books, an alter ego of the Dane Sven Pederson. Like Heinz G Konsalik and Willi Heinrich, Pederson lived through the war, but unlike those two the exact nature of his involvement in the conflict has been the subject of debate. His harshest critic, Danish journalist Erik Haaest ...
Jan 24, 2024 · The Sven Hassel novel THE LEGION OF THE DAMNED turns 70 years old this year is and still going strong!
The Sven Hassel Collection. From the fight for survival against the ferocious Red Army and the icy, shell-ravaged wastes of the vicious Russian winter, to the bloodiest battles on the Eastern Front, Sven Hassel's gripping novels are based on his own experiences in the German army. Convicted of deserting the German army, Sven Hassel was sent to ...
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