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Hello /lit/ /g/entooman and aspiring /out/doorsman here. Follow the seige of Mariupol in Ukraine have gotten me interested in survival in besieged city's. Are there any good, preferably somewhat modern, autobiography's from people who survived a siege?

>> No.20200851

>>20200848
Closest would be radio interviews in native languages. I'd start there and work your way back. Otherwise, google gave good results.

>> No.20202072

>>20200848
Bump. Are there really no cool historical accounts of sieges that pop to mind?

>> No.20202149

There are a number of accounts regarding the Confederate perspective during the 1863 Vicksburg siege you may find online.

>> No.20202184

>>20200848
>Go to archives
>Ask archivist for anything on sieges (or resources of people who lived during/around the time of one)
They should provide memoirs, journals, etc. You'd be really in luck if you lived in Germany/Russia or at least read one or both of them.
I'd also look into books about life in the trenches of ww1. There's a certain "siege" element/feeling to them, in my opinion. Constant feeling of impending doom, lack of supplies, always being on edge, general misery, etc. Storm of Steel might interest you in this regard.