Unwilling Journey: A Diary From Russia

by Helmut Gollwitzer, Unknown

During World War II, the author served as a medic at the Eastern Front and was a Prisoner of War in the Soviet Union from 1945-1949. This is his account of what happened. Since he was not allowed to bring anything out of the Soviet Union that he had written, the Krasnogorsk diary, part 2 of the book, is a fictional political discussion based on real conversations with names being changed.

318 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Helmut Gollwitzer (1908-1993) was a Protestant (Lutheran) theologian and author. Known as a close friend of Rudi Dutschke, whose wife studied with Gollwitzer, and a pastor to Ulrike Meinhof, he was prominently involved in the political debates ensuing in the late 1960s and 1970s. Gollwitzer was a pacifist and well-known opponent of nuclear weapons, the US engagement in Vietnam and the arms race, as well as a staunch critic of capitalism.