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050 00 $aD810.J4$bB529 2001
082 00 $a940.54/125694$221
100 1 $aBlum, Howard.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84202669
245 14 $aThe brigade :$ban epic story of vengeance, salvation and World War II /$cHoward Blum.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $ax, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-324).
520 1 $a"November, 1944. The war in Europe is drawing to a close when the British government finally agrees to send a brigade of five thousand Jewish volunteers from Palestine to Europe to fight the German army.
520 8 $aAmong these soldiers are Israel Carmi, a veteran of the Haganah underground, a man who serves one army but whose loyalties belong to another; Johanan Peltz, raised on a vast estate in Poland, he dreams of returning home as a British officer and gentleman; and Arie Pinchuk, a former student who has returned to Europe with his own secret agenda - to rescue his last remaining family member: the little sister he left behind. At the Senio River, Peltz leads the troops in a daring bayonet charge into the heart of the German line. When the savage hand-to-hand combat is finished, the men of the brigade emerge triumphant. At a time when Jews are being victimized, these soldiers - yellow Stars of David emblazoned on their uniform sleeves - show the world that a Jewish army can fight back.
520 8 $aAnd win.".
520 8 $a"But when the war ends and the soldiers witness firsthand the horrors their people have suffered in the concentration camps, the men launch a brutal and calculating campaign of vengeance, forming secret squads to identify, locate, and kill Nazi officers in hiding.
520 8 $aTheir own ferocity threatens to overwhelm them until a fortuitous encounter with an orphaned girl sets the men on a course of action - rescuing Jewish war orphans and transporting them to Palestine - that will not only change their lives but also forever alter the course of world history.
520 8 $aWith The Brigade, Howard Blum has written his most harrowing and important book to date - a story that is certain to make headlines as well as provoke debate about the moral elements of justice, the dividing lines between good and evil, and the possibility of redemption."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bJewish Brigade$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, Jewish.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148465
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Jewish.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148460
650 0 $aJewish soldiers$zPalestine$vBiography.
600 10 $aCarmi, Israel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001057387
600 10 $aPinchuk, Arie.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001057385
600 10 $aPeltz, Johanan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001057386
852 00 $boff,glx$hD810.J4$iB529 2001