Witness to the Storm - A Jewish Journey from Nazi Berlin to the 82nd Airborne, 1920–1945 (Hardcover)

On June 6, 1944, Werner T. Angress parachuted down from a C-47 into German-occupied France with the 82nd Airborne Division. Nine days later, he was captured behind enemy lines and, concealing his identity as a German-born Jew, became a prisoner of war. Eventually, he was freed by US forces, rejoined the fight, crossed Europe as a battlefield interrogator, and participated in the liberation of a concentration camp. Although he was an American soldier, less than ten years before he had been an enthusiastically patriotic German-Jewish boy. Rejected and threatened by the Nazi regime, the Angress family fled to Amsterdam to escape persecution and death, and young Angress then found his way to the United States. In Witness to the Storm, Angress weaves the spellbinding story of his life, including his escape from Germany, his new life in the United States, and his experiences in World War II. A testament to the power of perseverance and forgiveness, Witness to the Storm is the compelling tale of one man's struggle to rescue the country that had betrayed him.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Werner Angress
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	358
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-03912-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-253-03912-6
Barcode:	9780253039125

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