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The GI's Rabbi: World War 2 Letters Of David Max Eichhorn (Modern War Studies) (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))
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Hardcover. David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany until VE-Day and beyond. His letters show us a devoutly religious man trying to cope with the perils of combat and the needs of his fellow soldiers. Editor(s): Palmer, Greg; Zaid, Mark S. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
We saw 39 boxcars loaded with Jewish dead in the Dachau railway yard, 39 carloads of little, shriveled mummies that had literally been starved to death; we saw the gas chambers and crematoria, still filled with charred bones and ashes. And we cried not merely tears of sorrow. We cried tears of hate. He was the soldier in the jeep with the big Star of David, driving from foxhole to foxhole, sometimes under fire, bringing faith and friendship to fighting men. David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany ... Read more
We saw 39 boxcars loaded with Jewish dead in the Dachau railway yard, 39 carloads of little, shriveled mummies that had literally been starved to death; we saw the gas chambers and crematoria, still filled with charred bones and ashes. And we cried not merely tears of sorrow. We cried tears of hate. He was the soldier in the jeep with the big Star of David, driving from foxhole to foxhole, sometimes under fire, bringing faith and friendship to fighting men. David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700613564
SKU
V9780700613564
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About Unknown
Greg Palmer is a Peabody Award-winning screenwriter whose credits include the PBS documentary The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color (in which Eichhorn appears) and Death: The Trip of a Lifetime. Mark S. Zaid, a grandson of David Max Eichhorn, is an attorney in Washington, D.C. Doris L. Bergen is associate professor of history at Notre Dame University ... Read more
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