A Letter From Otto, young German Soldier

“The weather is atrocious, no planes can fly to supply us, nevertheless I still believe we will take Stalingrad and if we hold out till march, things will change for the better.” Writing on a stained, torn piece of notebook paper from his post in a small trench in the deep bitter snow of Stalingrad, Southern Russia, Otto, a young German soldier during World War II, composed a short letter home to his family. “I went on a patrol one night and captured 7 Russians and they were interrogated & told us that we can expect a tank attack very soon. Well, we are ready for them….”