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The Gi's Rabbi: World War II Letters of David Max Eichhorn by David Max Eichhorn
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- Hardcover
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 9780700613564
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Gi's Rabbi : World War II Letters of David Max Eichhorn
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / United States, Clergy
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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We saw 39 boxcars loaded with Jewish dead in the Dachau railway yard, 39 carloads of little, shriveled mummies that had literally been starved to death; we saw the gas chambers and crematoria, still filled with charred bones and ashes. And we cried not merely tears of sorrow. We cried tears of hate. He was the soldier in the jeep with the big Star of David, driving from foxhole to foxhole, sometimes under fire, bringing faith and friendship to fighting men. David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany until VE-Day and beyond. He was there at the Battle of the Bulge, participated in the liberation of Dachau, and became embroiled in the behind-the-scenes controversy that led to the execution of Private Eddie Slovik. Eichhorn's letters show us a devoutly religious man trying to cope with the perils of combat and the needs of his fellow soldiers. They are filled with amazing stories and poignant insights as Eichhorn tells about combat experiences, relations with Christian chaplains, encounters with Jewish refugees, and impressions of the defeated Germans. Once he was ordered to hold a Yom Kippur service in a beleaguered French town that was still under attack. It was a tough assignment, but after 350 battle-grimed Jewish soldiers showed up he wrote, "I tell you unashamedly that, for the first time since I have been in France, I broke down and cried." Yet that experience paled before the liberation of Dachau, where he organized the first Shabbat service for the survivors, or the fall of Nuremberg, where he and a handful of Jews held a ceremony of thanksgiving at the site of Hitler's infamous rallies. Eichhorn also writes of French villagers hiding Jews, of the dangers faced by chaplains, and of the place of Jews in U.S. Army ranks. Throughout he vividly conveys the experience of war and how it altered forever a small-town rabbi--a man of faith and courage who never fired a gun in combat.
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700613560
ISBN-13
9780700613564
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30758838
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gi's Rabbi : World War II Letters of David Max Eichhorn
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / United States, Clergy
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Religion, History
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
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D769.375.E43 2004
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"This is a wonderful book. Eichhorn's letters provide a compelling glimpse into the everyday life of a gifted rabbi through some of the most difficult times our nation ever experienced. His recollections of combat are poignant and powerful and his struggles to provide for his soldiers show the compassion of a gentle pastor and the passion of a proud and committed Jew."-- Michael Berenbaum , author of The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust "Emotional, insightful, and unique, The GI's Rabbi is among the very best personal memoirs of American soldiers in Europe during World War II."-- Michael D. Doubler , author of Closing with the Enemy "Elegantly introduced and edited, Eichhorn's letters are amusing, disturbing, and enlightening. . . . A great read."-- Gerhard L. Weinberg , author of A World at Arms, "This is a wonderful book. Eichhorn's letters provide a compelling glimpse into the everyday life of a gifted rabbi through some of the most difficult times our nation ever experienced. His recollections of combat are poignant and powerful and his struggles to provide for his soldiers show the compassion of a gentle pastor and the passion of a proud and committed Jew."- Michael Berenbaum , author of The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust "Emotional, insightful, and unique, The GI's Rabbi is among the very best personal memoirs of American soldiers in Europe during World War II."- Michael D. Doubler , author of Closing with the Enemy "Elegantly introduced and edited, Eichhorn's letters are amusing, disturbing, and enlightening. . . . A great read."- Gerhard L. Weinberg , author of A World at Arms, This is a wonderful book. Eichhorns letters provide a compelling glimpse into the everyday life of a gifted rabbi through some of the most difficult times our nation ever experienced. His recollections of combat are poignant and powerful and his struggles to provide for his soldiers show the compassion of a gentle pastor and the passion of a proud and committed Jew.Michael Berenbaum , author of The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust Emotional, insightful, and unique, The GIs Rabbi is among the very best personal memoirs of American soldiers in Europe during World War II.Michael D. Doubler , author of Closing with the Enemy Elegantly introduced and edited, Eichhorns letters are amusing, disturbing, and enlightening. . . . A great read.Gerhard L. Weinberg , author of A World at Arms, "Rabbi Eichhorn's letters, strategically and wisely augmented by his sermons and other writings, tell us much . . . from a new perspective . . . from a man who cared . . . about a traumatic and unforgettable time period we all still grapple with to fully comprehend."-- Martyrdom & Resistance "The scene at Dachau, where Eichorn was one of the first rabbis to arrive, is heart-rending. He observed the shock of all the soldiers--Jew and gentile, black and white. The inmates found themselves in the presence of armed American soldiers and a Jewish chaplain to offer prayer and sustenance. Everyone was brought to tears."-- America in WWII "G.I.'s Rabbi stands for 'Government Issue Rabbi.' But here, one can add that it also stands for 'God's Issue Rabbi'! Rabbi Eichhorn is an outstanding rabbi, soldier, family man, and 'mentsch.' Read this book. It'll do your _Yiddishe_ heart good."-- Jewish Book World, This is a wonderful book. Eichhorn's letters provide a compelling glimpse into the everyday life of a gifted rabbi through some of the most difficult times our nation ever experienced. His recollections of combat are poignant and powerful and his struggles to provide for his soldiers show the compassion of a gentle pastor and the passion of a proud and committed Jew.-- Michael Berenbaum , author of The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust Emotional, insightful, and unique, The GI's Rabbi is among the very best personal memoirs of American soldiers in Europe during World War II.-- Michael D. Doubler , author of Closing with the Enemy Elegantly introduced and edited, Eichhorn's letters are amusing, disturbing, and enlightening. . . . A great read.-- Gerhard L. Weinberg , author of A World at Arms, "Rabbi Eichhorns letters, strategically and wisely augmented by his sermons and other writings, tell us much . . . from a new perspective . . . from a man who cared . . . about a traumatic and unforgettable time period we all still grapple with to fully comprehend."Martyrdom & Resistance "The scene at Dachau, where Eichorn was one of the first rabbis to arrive, is heart-rending. He observed the shock of all the soldiersJew and gentile, black and white. The inmates found themselves in the presence of armed American soldiers and a Jewish chaplain to offer prayer and sustenance. Everyone was brought to tears."America in WWII "G.I.s Rabbi stands for Government Issue Rabbi.But here, one can add that it also stands for 'Gods Issue Rabbi! Rabbi Eichhorn is an outstanding rabbi, soldier, family man, and mentsch.Read this book. Itll do your _Yiddishe_ heart good."Jewish Book World
Table of Content
Introduction, Greg Palmer Acknowledgments Prologue, Doris L. Bergen The Letters Epilogue, Mark S. Zaid Appendix Glossary Index
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2004-008733
Dewey Decimal
940.54/78/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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