Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler

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Sons born in germany, who were lucky enough to escape to the u. S. Singled out for their language skills -- fluency in german, mostly -- they were secretly trained at ft. They were (and in some cases still are! Denials made in germany as to knowledge ... 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. The story of the ritchie boys is a tale of courage and determination from people who had mo... Read More

A story of survival and overcoming. It combines every element that a micro-history should.

The book revolves around their training and services during the war. The final chapter discusses their post-war activities. This is perhaps the best of the world war ii books which i have read over my lifetime.

Love the complete story for each man highlighted. The men's stories are so compelling and vivid. Btw, this book is also available in audio format for those who are print-handicapped.

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Quality

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

Overview

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german, great, jewish and young.

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Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 1,279 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 2 2022.