Books about the War
The Unwomanly Face of War by Call Number: D810.W7 A5313 2017ISBN: 9780399588723Publication Date: 2017A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia--from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The living and the dead by Call Number: PG3476 .S53 Z413Publication Date: 1962The hero of the book is Vanya Sintsov, a young military journalist who joins the front ranks to fight, is wounded and captured, and escapes
A Story about a Real Man by Call Number: PG3476 .P578 P61ISBN: 9781849028639Publication Date: 1967The story of downed WWII Soviet fighter pilot Alexiei Maresyev, who with both feet amputated because of frostbite returns to combat flying.
Russian and Soviet Films about the War
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- Ballad of a soldier (Streaming)Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is granted a visit with his mother after he single-handedly fends off two enemy tanks. As he journeys home, Alyosha encounters the devastation of his war-torn country, witnesses glimmers of hope among the people, and falls in love.
- Beanpole (DVD)1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
- Come and see (DVD)As Nazi forces encroach on his small village in Belorussia, teenage Flyora eagerly joins the Soviet resistance. Rather than the adventure and glory he envisioned, what he finds is a waking nightmare of unimaginable carnage and cruelty.
- The cranes are flying (Streaming)The film tells the story of Veronica (Tatiana Samoilova) and Boris (Alexei Batalov), a couple who are blissfully in love until World War II tears them apart.
- Ivan's childhood (Streaming)The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan's childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy's war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky's film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.
- Twenty Days Without War (Streaming)Personal Klassiki account required
Disillusioned correspondent Lopatin is granted twenty days of leave from the Stalingrad front, which he uses to travel to Taskhent. There, he supervises a film adaptation of his own writings, and engages in a brief, tentative affair with a local woman.