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Pride and Peril: Jewish American POWs in Europe
An estimated 9,000 American Jews were held as POWs by the Germans. Their Jewish identity was a source of both pride and peril.
An estimated 9,000 American Jews were held as POWs by the Germans. Their Jewish identity was a source of both pride and peril.
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