A Tale of Two Soldiers: The Unexpected Friendship Between a WWII American Jewish Sniper and a German Military Pilot - Couverture souple

Gendelman, Max

 
9781626522879: A Tale of Two Soldiers: The Unexpected Friendship Between a WWII American Jewish Sniper and a German Military Pilot
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ISBN 10 : 1626522871 ISBN 13 : 9781626522879
Editeur : Two Harbors Press, 2013

Synopsis

''A Tale of Two Soldiers'' is a memoir about the unlikely friendship an American Jewish G.I. and trained sniper for the US Army, formed with a German Luftwaffe pilot during WWII.

On Dec. 18, 1944, twenty-one-year-old Max Gendelman was captured in the Battle of the Bulge, one of only a handful in his company to survive. Starving and dazed, his dog tags blown off, he was marched through German villages and eventually arrived at a farm the Reich had commandeered from a German family.

The family's grandson, Karl Kirschner, a lieutenant in the Luftwaffe conscripted against his will, was hiding out in one of the barns. To Max's astonishment one day Karl spoke to him through the fence; they discovered a shared passion for chess, and began to secretly meet to play the game.

As they got to know each other, they recognized what they needed to do; they formed a pact, a plan to escape together. This was the start of a friendship that would endure for more than six decades.

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Éditeur
Two Harbors Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1626522871
ISBN 13 
9781626522879
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
214
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : Two Harbors Press, 2013
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