Guy Sajer is a pseudonym of
Guy Mouminoux (born 13 January 1927 in
Paris
), author of the The Forgotten Soldier. The
son of a French and German marriage, 'Sajer' is his mother's maiden
name. Since 1946, he has worked as a cartoonist under the pen names
Dimitri, and
Dimitri
Lahache.
Sajer
states he was an inhabitant of Alsace
drafted into
the German Wehrmacht at age 16 and subsequently fought in the
elite Großdeutschland
Division during World War
II. After the war he wrote about his wartime experience
on the
Eastern Front in
The Forgotten Soldier. The accuracy of the book has been
questioned due to minor inconsistencies in Wehrmacht procedures or
uniform details, resulting in claims it is an outright hoax, or an
historical novel in the vein of
All Quiet on the Western
Front. However, the author and other Großdeutschland
veterans have testified to its veracity.
One of
Mouminoux's comics is "Kursk Tourmente d'Acier", about the Battle of Kursk
from the point-of-view of a German foot
soldier.
Dutch film director
Paul Verhoeven
has discussed with Mouminoux the possibility of turning
The
Forgotten Soldier into a film.
References
- The Forgotten Soldier
- BrusselsBdTour
- Le soldat oublié by Guy Sajer (1976) ISBN
2-221-03739-1
- Kursk : tourmente d'acier by Dimitri (2000) ISBN
2-7234-3264-5
External links
Wikis
Quiz
Map
Search