First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Elliot Levey reads Vasily Grossman's front line despatches from the battle of Stalingrad. In the war of the rats, snipers like Anatoly Chekhov reigned. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Vasily Grossman conveyed the 'ruthless truth of war' to the Soviet people and a wider world during the terrible battle for Stalingrad. Read by Elliot Levey. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
One of the first articles to detail Nazi genocide as the war still raged, this piece was rejected by the military censor and only appeared in its full version in the 1990s. Show more