''A Soldier's Legacy'' (german: Das Vermächtnis) is a novel by German author

Heinrich Böll Heinrich Theodor Böll (; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers, Böll is a recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972). ...

, published in 1982 (translator:

Leila Vennewitz Leila Vennewitz (19128 August 2007) was a Canadian-English translator of German literature. She was born Leila Croot in Hampshire, England and grew up in Portsmouth. Her brother was the surgeon Sir John Croot. She studied at the Sorbonne in Pari ...

). Written in 1948, the narrator writes about his dead friend Schelling, revealing his murder by the hated captain Schnecker.

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1982 German novels Novels by Heinrich Böll Novels set during World War II Epistolary novels Novels set in France Novels set in Russia {{1980s-WWII-novel-stub