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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The work Sons and soldiers : the untold story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. Army to fight Hitler represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

Sons and soldiers : the untold story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. Army to fight Hitler

Title remainder

the untold story of the Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. Army to fight Hitler

Statement of responsibility

Bruce Henderson

Creator

• Henderson, Bruce B., 1946-

Contributor

• Barry, Brett

Author

• Henderson, Bruce B., 1946-

Narrator

• Barry, Brett

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish
• Jewish soldiers -- United States
• United States, Army
• Jews, German -- United States
• Audiobooks
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- United States

Genre

• Audiobooks

Language

eng

Summary

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. Known as the Ritchie Boys, after the Maryland camp where they were trained, these army recruits knew what would happen to them if they were captured. Yet they leapt at the opportunity to be sent in small, elite teams to join every major combat unit in Europe, where they collected key tactical intelligence on enemy strength, troop and armored movements, and defensive positions. A post-war army report found that nearly 60 percent of the credible intelligence gathered in Europe came from the Ritchie Boys. Drawing on original interviews and extensive archival research, Henderson vividly re-creates the stories of six of these men in an epic tale of heroism, courage, and patriotism that will not soon be forgotten

Cataloging source

ON8

Dewey number

940.5318092

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

history

Music parts

not applicable

PerformerNote

Read by Brett Barry

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable