Guy Sajer
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Guy Sajer is a pseudonym of Guy Mouminoux (born 13 January 1927), 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 in The Forgotten Soldier on the Eastern Front. 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. [1]
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.[2]
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- Le soldat oublié by Guy Sajer (1976) ISBN 2-221-03739-1
- Kursk : tourmente d'acier by Dimitri (2000) ISBN 2-7234-3264-5
