Into the Inferno: The Memoir of a Jewish Paratrooper Behind Nazi Lines
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Book Overview
In the spring of 1944, a group of thirty-two young Palestinian Jews parachuted into Nazi-held Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Their goal was to encourage Jewish resistance where possible and to organize rescue schemes thwarting deportations to the death camps. Linking up in Yugoslavia and impelled by the hope that the Jews trapped in Hungary were still capable of fighting back, some of the volunteers set out for Budapest. Tragically, they were betrayed...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813531497
ISBN13:9780813531496
Release Date:December 2002
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:279 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"
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A hero in dark dark times
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I believe I first read a chapter of this work in a book on Hannah Senesh. I was deeply impressed by the dedication, heroism and decency displayed by Palgi. In very very lonely times and under the most difficult circumstances there were those people who courageously fought for a better world for the Jewish people and for all mankind. Palgi was one of them.
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