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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

Summary: "The little-known saga of young German Jews, dubbed The Ritchie Boys, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, came of age in America, and returned to Europe at enormous personal risk as members of the U.S. Army to play a key role in the Allied victory. Bruce Henderson draws on personal interviews with many surviving veterans and extensive archival research to bring this never-before-told chapter of the Second World War to light."--Provided by the publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780062419095
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xii, 429 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States
Jewish soldiers -- United States
Jews, German -- United States

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Creston Public Library 940.53089 HEN (Text)
Acquisition Type: New
35140100031809 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: "The little-known saga of young German Jews, dubbed The Ritchie Boys, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, came of age in America, and returned to Europe at enormous personal risk as members of the U.S. Army to play a key role in the Allied victory. Bruce Henderson draws on personal interviews with many surviving veterans and extensive archival research to bring this never-before-told chapter of the Second World War to light."--Provided by the publisher.
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