Talk:Cornelius Rost

Birthday in Kufstein
Cornelius Rost was born on March, 27 in the year 1919 in the town Kufstein. Please change this and see in German Wikipedia. Berlin, 20.12.2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.20.6.200 (talk) 16:13, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I had a look, the Suedeutsche gives his birthplace as Kufstein but there is contradiction as to his birth year between the sources. The source the German article uses I can't access so I leave it at that for now. Calistemon (talk) 00:53, 21 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Cornelius Rost was not born in 1922! He was not born in 1917! As I told you, he was born on March, 27 in the year 1919. Berlin, 21.12.2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.20.6.200 (talk) 17:27, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It means absolutely nothing what you say. Bring a reliable source and have a read of Wikipedias policies as you are obviously not familiar with them! Calistemon (talk) 02:37, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Calistemon Is it this what you was looking for? http://tirv1.orf.at/stories/433392 - a short-bio with a small image of his gravestone at the end of the site. regards--Bylot (talk) 18:31, 23 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Whow! happy 'Christmas. Jesus had brought us the right dates. Peace and thank you. 28.12.2011
 * Well, somebody was able to find a reliable source and its there now. Thanks to User:Bylot, who has done some great work in expanding the article and providing pictures and sources! Calistemon (talk) 01:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Possible response to charge of fraud
For some time the "Doubts of the authenticity of Rost's claims" section of this article has contained the following statement: "It is suspected[by whom?] that his story consists only partly of real experiences, and partly of hearsay and knowledge possibly acquired by reading." To date, no one has stepped forth to identify a source for the allegation or provide supporting evidence for the statement. In short, as it stands, the statement appears to be baseless and without merit. Therefore I recommend that it be completely deleted. Wsjacobs (talk) 04:04, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Wsjacobs

As no one has responded to my previous comment, I have deleted the unsupported sentence. Wsjacobs (talk) 08:27, 12 April 2015 (UTC)Wsjacobs

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Paperback?
The article says that Rost's a paperback was neither  printed nor published. How can it then be a paperback? Kdammers (talk) 11:05, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Who is being questioned?
I believe our article conflates two things: the authenticity of Bauer's novel and the authenticity of Rost's taped oral history. The German Wikipedia article about Bauer's book clearly states (without explanation, though) that the book is a novel, albeit based on (alleged) fact. A novel can change the name of streets, dates, etc.: It is not normally bound by the reality of the natural world, though this sort of novel is bound by the credibility of the action. The tape, on the other hand, is supposed to have been Rost's valid recollections -- and thus legitimately subject questions of authenticity (i.e., being consistent with the real world), though tempered by the fact that the teller is recalling things from a few years previous experienced under extreme conditions. Kdammers (talk) 11:16, 29 May 2020 (UTC)


 * STOP!! 184.55.147.203 (talk) 04:26, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Pace the assertion that "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me" is a novel, at least in the English language edition the book claims to be "The extraordinary true story of one man's escape from a Siberian labour camp and his 3-year trek to freedom." So the defense provided by Kdammers is simply not correct.  Rost's book is sold as a factually accurate story when in fact it actually is fictional!
 * Please see the attached image from Amazon. Wsjacobs (talk) 16:07, 28 October 2023 (UTC)