Bruce L. reviewed Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler on + 3 more book reviews
Extraordinary story of some of the many German jews who were able to get out of Germany before war broke out. These soldiers ended up in America. When of age, they enlisted in the US Army, where their language skills made them ideal as interrogators of captured Germans.
mans.
Full of excitement and danger. Well researched and well written.
mans.
Full of excitement and danger. Well researched and well written.
Thomas F. (hardtack) -
If you are looking for a very different book on World War II, this might be it. Basically it is several outstanding memoirs rolled into one.
I've encountered the story of the "Richie Boys" in other books, but mostly as a short additive. In fact, as I was reading the first chapter, I had the feeling I had read this book before, as I must have read that part in another book. But as I continued reading I realized the material was all new to me. And I found it hard to put the book down, ignoring my other open books until I finished reading this one.
For these hundreds of specially trained, German-born Jews, who were now American citizens, World War II was a very, very personal affair.
I've encountered the story of the "Richie Boys" in other books, but mostly as a short additive. In fact, as I was reading the first chapter, I had the feeling I had read this book before, as I must have read that part in another book. But as I continued reading I realized the material was all new to me. And I found it hard to put the book down, ignoring my other open books until I finished reading this one.
For these hundreds of specially trained, German-born Jews, who were now American citizens, World War II was a very, very personal affair.
