I Must Be a Part of This War; A German American's Fight Against Hitler and Nazism

Langue : anglais

Edité par Fordham University Press, New York, 2005

0823225283 / 9780823225286

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xviii, 254 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has minor wear, soiling and scratches. Includes Acknowledgments, Preface; Introduction; Conclusion. Chapters cover From Patriot to Outcast: 1909-1937; How to Become an American: 1937-1942; A German in the U.S. Army: 1943-1944; Into the Abyss: 1944-1945; The Hunt for War Criminals: 1945-1946; From World War to Cold War; and The Goebbels Diaries. Drawing on his correspondences and on oral histories and interviews with Korf, Patricia Kollander paints a fascinating portrait of a privileged young man forced to flee Nazi Germany in 1937 because the infamous Nuremburg Laws had relegated him to the status of "second degree mixed breed" (Korf had one Jewish grandparent). Settling in New York City, Korf became an FBI informant, watching pro-Nazi leaders like Fritz Kuhn and the German American Bund as they moved among the city's large German immigrant community. Soon after, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in Germany as an intelligence officer during the Battle of the Bulge, and as a prisoner of war camp administrator. After the war, Korf stayed on as a U.S. government attorney in Berlin and Munich, working to hunt down war criminals, and lending his expertise in the effort to determine the authenticity of Joseph Goebbels's diaries. Kurt Frank Korf died in 2000. Kurt Frank Korf''s story is one of the most unusual to come out of World War II. Although German-Americans were America's largest ethnic group, and German-Americans, including thousands of native-born Germans, fought bravely in all theaters, there are few full first-person accounts by German- Americans of their experiences during the 1930s and 1940s. Kollander not only draws a detailed portrait of this unique figure; she also provides a rich context for exploring responses to Nazism in Germany, the German-American position before and during the war, the community's later response to Nazism and its crimes, and the broader issues of ethnicity, religion, political ideology, and patriotism in 20th-century America. Patricia Kollander is Associate Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. She is the author of Frederick III: Germany's Liberal Emperor. I Must Be a Part of This War is part of her ongoing research into the experiences of some fifteen thousand native-born Germans who served in the U.S. Army in World War II. John O'Sullivan was Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. As Daniel Hutchinson, a reviewer, noted, Kollander provides a well-written, well-researched biography. She fleshes out Korf's personal accounts with archival evidence from the National Archives and the Hoover Institute, as well as a full body of secondary literature. The volume helps to alleviate the relative paucity of biographies on German-Americans who fought in World War II. As Kollander notes, the service of thirty thousand others like Korf is still largely undocumented and deserves further scholarly attention. This book serves as a fitting tribute not only to Korf, but also to Kollander's colleague and co-author John O'Sullivan. Sadly, both Korf and O'Sullivan met untimely deaths in 2000. This volume was particularly recommended to readers interested in World War II, the Nazi era and the history of German Americans. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…

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I Must Be a Part of This War; A German American's Fight Against Hitler and Nazism
Auteur
Kollander, Patricia with O'Sullivan, John
Éditeur
Fordham University Press, New York
Année de publication
2005
État de l'article
Very good
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Very good
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Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0823225283
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780823225286
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Edition originale
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