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Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Emil, a Jewish man in 1930s Germany, loves Deta, a Lutheran, but Nazi racial purity laws forbid their marriage. As conditions in Germany worsen, Deta leaves for England, but Emil has to overcome red tape, resistance from his parents, and his own ambivalence before finally embarking for America. Once there, with only telegrams and letters from Deta to sustain him, he does all he can to bring her and his family to America. But the clock is ticking...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to reinforce. The sprint to Berlin had become a muddy, bloody stalemate, costing thousands of American lives. Patton seethed, desperate for some change, any...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Facing the harrowing task of rebuilding a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed marriage between Jewish women and military personnel as a way to move forward after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe: they would help the Jewish people repopulate after the attempted annihilation of European Jewry....
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