Witness to the Storm : A Jewish Journey from Nazi Berlin to the 82nd Airborne, 1920-1945 /

"On June 6, 1944, Werner T. Angress parachuted down from a C-47 into German-occupied France with the 82nd Airborne Division. Nine days later, he was captured behind enemy lines and, concealing his identity as a German-born Jew, became a prisoner of war. Eventually, he was freed by US forces, re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Angress, Werner T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2019.
Edición:Indiana University Press edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Angress, Werner T.
Angress, Werner T. > Childhood and youth.
United States. > Army. > Airborne Division, 82nd.
Jews.
Jewish soldiers.
Jewish refugees.
Jewish children in the Holocaust.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Jewish.
Jewish soldiers > United States > Biography.
Jewish refugees > United States > Biography.
Jews > Germany > Berlin > Biography.
Jewish children in the Holocaust > Germany > Berlin.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Germany > Berlin > Personal narratives.
United States.
Germany > Berlin.
Berlin (Germany) > Biography.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives > Jewish.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Family life in Berlin, 1920-1936
  • Early childhood and school days
  • The youth movement
  • Gross Breesen training farm for emigrants, 1936-1937
  • The road into exile, 1937-1939
  • United States: Hyde Farmlands, 1939-1941
  • Service in the army and war
  • From the Battle of the Bulge to the end of the War, 1944-1945
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. Diary covering jump on Normandy (June 6, 1944) through time in Prisoner of War camp (June 15-27, 1944)
  • Appendix 2. Travel authorization into Holland by Major General Gavin, November 21, 1944
  • Appendix 3. Article from Richmond times-dispatch, June 4, 1945.

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