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Author
Publisher
Presidio Press
Pub. Date
1997
Description
In all probability, the Nazis' greatest enemies were Jews who gave up everything but their lives to flee the deadly persecution they were enduring in Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe. Unknown to everyone except military personnel with a "need to know," eighty-seven of these escapees were recruited into a commando unit in the British Army unlike any other, comprised almost entirely of Jewish refugees. Author Peter Masters, born Peter Arany, was...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
As Jewish families were trying desperately to get out of Europe during the menacing rise of Hitler's Nazi party, some chose to send their young sons away to uncertain futures in America, perhaps never to see them again. As these boys became young men, they were determined to join the fight in Europe. In 1942, the U.S. Army unleashed one of its greatest secret weapons in the battle to defeat Adolf Hitler: training nearly 2,000 of these German-born...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph Hitler....
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Run out of Germany by the Nazis, a small contingent of German Jewish intellectuals exacted the perfect revenge--returning to Europe as U.S. soldiers to defeat the enemy. This is a never-before-told tale of a handful of German nationals who used their language and cultural knowledge to wage psychological warfare against the Nazis and help liberate Europe.
8) No surrender: a father, a son, and an extraordinary act of heroism that continues to live on today
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is theinspiring truestory of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives--then and now. Captured in the Battle of the Bulge, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds was the highest-ranking American soldier at Stalag...
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