The forgotten soldier 1965 originally published in french as le soldat oublie is an account by guy sajer pseudonym of guy mouminoux of his experiences as a german soldier on the eastern front during world war iiwith reference to the authors ambiguous relationship to war the book has been called the account of a disastrous love affair with war and with the army that of all modern . The forgotten soldier 1965 originally published in french as le soldat oublie is an account by guy sajer pseudonym of guy mouminoux of his experiences as a german soldier on the eastern front during world war ii. The forgotten soldier 1965 originally published in french as le soldat oublie is an autobiographical account of guy sajers observations as a german soldier on the eastern front during world war ii 1 the book 2 authenticity controversy 3 publishers synopsis 4 references guy sajer is the pseudonym of guy mouminoux1 who was a well known french comics writer also known under the pseudonym . Forgotten soldier recounts the horror of world war ii on the eastern front as seen through the eyes of a teenaged german soldierat first an exciting adventure young guy sajers war becomes as the german invasion falters in the icy vastness of the ukraine a simple desperate struggle for survival against cold hunger and above all the terrifying soviet artillery