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)
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/011
Objectnummer09960dw
Plaats van uitgaveIsrael
Jaar van uitgave
2023
Pagina'spp152-173
MateriaalArtikel
NotesArticle from the journal 'Journal for the study of the Holocaust and antisemitism' Vol. 20 2023 pp152-173
Beschrijving
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?