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The Enemy I Knew

by Steven Karras
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Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis—then returned to fight them as Allied soldiers—share their experiences: "Heroic, poignant [and] compelling." —The Daily News
Even Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel struggled with the question: Why didn't the Jews fight back? But he finally concluded that the real question was how so many of them did. As he put it, "Tormented, beaten, starved, where did they find the strength—spiritual and physical—to resist?"
In fact, over 10,000 German Jews fought in the Allied armies of World War II. This book honors those European-born combat veterans—refugees from the Nazi regime in Germany and Austria who faced their persecutors by joining the Allied forces in a fight against the country of their birth. These twenty-seven interviews take us into the unique and harrowing experiences of brave men—and one brave woman—whose service restored a sense of dignity and allowed them to rise above their former victimization.
All burned with anger at the Germans who'd subjected them, often as young children, to cruelty in everyday life in their hometowns, and to ridicule in the national media. As soldiers who knew the language and psychology of the enemy better than any of their comrades, they struck back with newfound pride against the rampant injustice that had annihilated their families, destroyed their prospects, and subjected many of them to the worst forms of physical abuse, both random and terrifying. In The Enemy I Knew they tell their stories—and the world is richer for their heroic acts, and for their testimony.
"It is rare to come across a book about a forgotten story from World War II, but Steve Karras has found one of the most compelling, little-known accounts from the war and he tells it brilliantly. Harrowing, breathtaking in parts, and completely absorbing." —Andrew Carroll, New York Times–bestselling editor of War Letters
"Few stories can rival the ones told in The Enemy I Knew." —Library Journal (starred review)
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Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

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  • ISBN: 9781616732493
  • Release date: December 20, 2022

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Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis—then returned to fight them as Allied soldiers—share their experiences: "Heroic, poignant [and] compelling." —The Daily News
Even Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel struggled with the question: Why didn't the Jews fight back? But he finally concluded that the real question was how so many of them did. As he put it, "Tormented, beaten, starved, where did they find the strength—spiritual and physical—to resist?"
In fact, over 10,000 German Jews fought in the Allied armies of World War II. This book honors those European-born combat veterans—refugees from the Nazi regime in Germany and Austria who faced their persecutors by joining the Allied forces in a fight against the country of their birth. These twenty-seven interviews take us into the unique and harrowing experiences of brave men—and one brave woman—whose service restored a sense of dignity and allowed them to rise above their former victimization.
All burned with anger at the Germans who'd subjected them, often as young children, to cruelty in everyday life in their hometowns, and to ridicule in the national media. As soldiers who knew the language and psychology of the enemy better than any of their comrades, they struck back with newfound pride against the rampant injustice that had annihilated their families, destroyed their prospects, and subjected many of them to the worst forms of physical abuse, both random and terrifying. In The Enemy I Knew they tell their stories—and the world is richer for their heroic acts, and for their testimony.
"It is rare to come across a book about a forgotten story from World War II, but Steve Karras has found one of the most compelling, little-known accounts from the war and he tells it brilliantly. Harrowing, breathtaking in parts, and completely absorbing." —Andrew Carroll, New York Times–bestselling editor of War Letters
"Few stories can rival the ones told in The Enemy I Knew." —Library Journal (starred review)
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Military Nonfiction
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    Publisher:
    Quarto Publishing Group USA

    Kindle Book
    ISBN: 9781616732493
    Release date: December 20, 2022

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781616732493
    Release date: December 20, 2022

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781616732493
    File size: 5733 KB
    Release date: December 20, 2022

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781616732493
    File size: 15611 KB
    Release date: December 20, 2022

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