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Sons and soldiers : the untold story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. Army to fight Hitler Cover Image Book Book

Sons and soldiers : the untold story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. Army to fight Hitler

Henderson, Bruce B. 1946- (author.).

Summary: Drawing on original interviews and extensive archival research, this book vividly re-creates the stories of six of the Ritchie Boys - their escapes from Nazi Germany, their recruitment into the US Army, their feats and sacrifices during the war, and their desperate attempts to find their missing loved ones.

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  • ISBN: 9780062419095
  • ISBN: 0062419099
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes photographic images on end papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-418) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: Germany 1938 -- Saving the children -- Escaping the Nazis -- A place to call home -- Camp Ritchie -- Going back -- Normandy -- The breakout -- Holland -- The forests -- Return to Deutschland -- The camps -- Denazification -- Going home.

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  • 40 of 40 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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