Letter from Kurt Vonnegut to home

Kurt Vonnegut was a private during the second world war and was taken prisoner by the Germans in the last days of the war. He was shipped to Dresden to work, where he witnessed and survived the fire bombing of the city by the Americans and the British. He tells his story from the perspective of a foot soldier in “Slaughter House 5”. An amazing book where the official glorious and heroic acts of war get a more and humane face.

Letters of Note recently published a letter written by Vonnegut to his family back home after he was freed by the Russians. The letter is a concise summary of his story after being captured and is unmistakably Vonnegut in its tone.