Overview
- Summary
- "Walter Sommers views himself as an ordinary man who simply did what he had to do to get by in life. His life, however, has been anything but ordinary . . . Growing up in Nazi Germany, Walter realized there wasn't any future under Hitler. After surviving Kristallnacht and learning that his father had been taken to a concentration camp, Walter orchestrated his family's escape to America . . . During Walter Sommers's hundred years,he has been called a loyal German, a dirty Jew, a refugee, an immigrant, GI Joe, a liberator, an entrepreneur, a bossiness man, a husband, a family man, a civil rights activist, a philanthropist, and - last but not least - a hero." -- Back cover.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- [Illinois?] : SARK Publishing, [2021]
©2021 - Locale
- Germany
Japan
Hiroshima-shi
Indiana
Terre Haute
Terre Haute (Ind.)
Hamburg (Germany)
New York (N.Y.)
Guam
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Allemagne
Japon
Hiroshima
Okinawa (Japon : Île)
New York (State)
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9798541333565
- Physical Description
- 161 pages : black and white photographs ; 23 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives. Emigration and immigration--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi. Antisemitism--Indiana--Terre Haute. Terre Haute (Ind.)--Biography. Hamburg (Germany)--Biography. New York (N.Y.)--Biography. Guam--Biography. Okinawa Island (Japan)--Biography. Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--Biography. Holocauste, 1939-1945--Allemagne--Récits personnels. Émigration et immigration--Biographies. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Japon--Hiroshima. Antisémitisme--Indiana--Terre Haute. Guam--Biographies. Okinawa (Japon : Île)--Biographies. Antisemitism. Emigration and immigration. Germany. Germany--Hamburg. Guam. Indiana--Terre Haute. Japan--Hiroshima-shi. Japan--Okinawa Island. New York (State)--New York. collective biographies. Biographies. Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Sommers, Walter. Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A.--Biography. United States.--Army.--Infantry Regiment, 306th--Biography. Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A.
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