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German-jewish boys who escaped pre-war * germany and emigrated to the us. Singled out for their language skills -- fluency in german, mostly -- they were secretly trained at ft. Leavenworth. They returned to fight the * using unique skills recognized ... Read More
Bruce henderson captures the wisdom, creativity, and finesse of the german-born jewish men who trained at camp ritchie to become us army intelligence officers. Henderson is an exceptional story-teller. The ritchie boys is one of the most important sto... Read More
It combines every element that a micro-history a relatively little known corner of history, illuminated by deep human experience, dramatically told. I'm glad books like this have shed light on their heroism and sacrifice. This tells a story this being... Read More
Dramatic, sad, funny, and gripping - highly recommended. Available in audio format for those who are print-handicapped. The men's stories are so compelling and vivid.
If you like world war ii era nonfiction, this is a great book. The book revolves around their training and services during the war. The final chapter discusses their post-war activities.
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As a decorated viet nam vet regimental surgeon with the first marines i could not put this book down
I am aware of the atrocities associated with wwii but this work brings to light a side of the story i was unaware of
This is not a spoiler but as someone who grew up reading and studying wwii i know i never heard anything of the enormous impact... Read More
Packaging/appearance
With nazism and antisemitism on the rise in germany many jewish families were desperate to get out of the country
Competitiveness
From the very beginning of “sons and soldiers” it’s clear that this is a fivestar book
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german, great, jewish and young. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 1,279 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 2 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Others have said it “bounced around” from one soldier to another and this is true
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As the old soldiers of wwii fade away one notices more being written from secondary sources
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I hope the book conveys what the documentary did
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While i found this book to be very well written and their individual stories very interesting i did have trouble keeping track of the many characters
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But after hundreds of books about the runup war and aftermath i had never heard of the ritchie boys — and lo and behold i knew one of them and he never said a word about it
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Government had the intriguing idea to use the german language and cultural skills of these kids now young adults at the start of wwii to interrogate german pows
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They came to be known as the ritchie boys because they were trained at a facility in maryland known as camp ritchie
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My dad was one of these ritchie boys and he never spoke of it
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