Ebook: Lives of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
Author: RIgg Bryan Mark
- Tags: Children of interfaith marriage, Children of interfaith marriage--Germany--History--20th century, Jewish soldiers, Jewish soldiers--Germany--History--20th century, Military participation--Jewish, National socialism, World War 1939-1945--Participation Jewish, Military history, History, Jewish soldiers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century, World War 1939-1945 -- Participation Jewish, Children of interfaith marriage -- Germany -- History -- 20th century, Germany -- History Military -- 20th century, Milit
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: University Press of Kansas
- City: Germany
- Language: English
- epub
They were foot soldiers and officers. They served in the regular army and the Waffen-SS. And, remarkably, they were also Jewish, at least as defined by Hitler's infamous race laws. Pursuing the thread he first unraveled in Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, Bryan Rigg takes a closer look at the experiences of Wehrmacht soldiers who were classified as Jewish. In this long-awaited companion volume, he presents interviews with twenty-one of these men, whose stories are both fascinating and disturbing.
As many as 150,000 Jews and partial-Jews (or Mischlinge) served, often with distinction, in the German military during World War II. The men interviewed for this volume portray a wide range of experiences-some came from military families, some had been raised Christian—revealing in vivid detail how they fought for a government that robbed them of their rights and sent their relatives to extermination camps. Yet most continued to serve, since resistance would have cost them their lives...
As many as 150,000 Jews and partial-Jews (or Mischlinge) served, often with distinction, in the German military during World War II. The men interviewed for this volume portray a wide range of experiences-some came from military families, some had been raised Christian—revealing in vivid detail how they fought for a government that robbed them of their rights and sent their relatives to extermination camps. Yet most continued to serve, since resistance would have cost them their lives...
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