From Algiers to Dachau: the special assignments of an American Jewish officer ordered by General Eisenhower (1942-1945)
TitelFrom Algiers to Dachau: the special assignments of an American Jewish officer ordered by General Eisenhower (1942-1945)
Forfatter
Call numberS940.5318/011
Objektnummer09960dw
UdgivelsesstedIsrael
Udgivelsesår
2023
Pagineringpp152-173
MaterialeArticle
NoterArticle from the journal 'Journal for the study of the Holocaust and antisemitism' Vol. 20 2023 pp152-173
Beskrivelse
Discusses the life of Maurice Paper, a Jewish 2nd Lieutenant, who served in the American Military during WWII. Piper was able to speak French, German and Yiddish. General Eisenhower empowered Paper to speak whilst on duty with members of the Jewish resistance in France and later Holocaust survivors in Dachau. How did what he experienced stengthen his own American Jewish identity?