Overview
- The front-line diary of Savita Wagner has been released as a book titled “Eine Deutsche im Ukraine-Krieg.”
- Haus der Geschichte in Bonn has added two of her four bravery medals, along with her boots, helmet, field jacket, and the diary, to its collection.
- Wagner, a German volunteer medic with the call sign “Snake,” was killed on January 31, 2024 by shrapnel while trying to rescue two wounded soldiers at the front in Ukraine.
- She moved to the front after Russia’s 2022 invasion and a visit to Bucha, where seeing the massacre pushed her to train as a combat medic, while her family believed she worked far from the front.
- Her mother is creating a foundation that will direct proceeds from the sale of the family house in Bonn to aid projects in Ukraine, turning her legacy into ongoing help.