Witness to the Storm, livre ebook

On June 6, 1944, Werner T. Angress parachuted down from a C-47 into German-occupied France with the 82nd Airborne Division. Nine days later, he was captured behind enemy lines and, concealing his identity as a German-born Jew, became a prisoner of war. Eventually, he was freed by US forces, rejoined the fight, crossed Europe as a battlefield interrogator, and participated in the liberation of a concentration camp. Although he was an American soldier, less than ten years before he had been an enthusiastically patriotic German-Jewish boy. Rejected and threatened by the Nazi regime, the Angress family fled to Amsterdam to escape persecution and death, and young Angress then found his way to the United States. In Witness to the Storm, Angress weaves the spellbinding story of his life, including his escape from Germany, his new life in the United States, and his experiences in World War II. A testament to the power of perseverance and forgiveness, Witness to the Storm is the compelling tale of one man's struggle to rescue the country that had betrayed him.

Foreword

Personal Notes

1. Family Life in Berlin, 1920-1936

2. Early Childhood and School Days

3. The Youth Movement

4. Gross Breesen Training Farm for Emigrants, 1936-1937

5. The Road into Exile, 1937-1939

6. United States - Hyde Farmlands, 1939-1941

7. Service in the Army and War

8. From the Battle of the Bulge to the End of the War, 1944-1945

Epilogue