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The Case of Sergeant Grischa (Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa)
The Case of Sergeant Grischa - Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa Author:Arnold Zweig, Eric Sutton (Translator) First published in English to wide acclaim in 1928, The Case of Sergeant Grischa is the story of a soldier of the Russian Army and prisoner of war of the Germans who escapes and tries to find his way home across the war-ravaged wastes of Central Europe. To evade arrest, he wears the uniform of a dead German soldier he finds in the snow.... more » But the dead German was a deserter, and when Grischa is recaptured he is sentenced to be shot. He struggles to establish his true identity, but will it save him?« less