An excerpt from an interview with a Soviet soldier who survived the Battle of Stalingrad.

This 2008 oral history is an interview conducted by a student at American University. The interview subject is American University professor Vadim Medish, an immigrant from the Soviet Union who had fought with Soviet forces to repel the Nazi invasion of Russia in the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.

Citation Information
Pastorfield-Li, Justin, excerpt from “The Battle of Stalingrad,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/64b71cb8511c7ed2cb0fdd367c3426b5.
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Courtesy of St. Andrew's Episcopal School via Digital Maryland.

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