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Title: X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
Author: GARRETT LEAH
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/06/2021
Imprint: CHATTO & WINDUS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
During WW2, a group of Jewish refugees (intellectuals, writers, artists and athletes – most
from Germany and Austria) escaped to Britain and were interned as ‘enemy aliens’. In
1942, they were selected and trained to form a special unit of commandoes who would be
sent back into Europe to play a significant role in the final battles against the Nazis. Based
on original archival research, interviews and a cache of newly discovered sources, this is a
book brimming with camaraderie, heroism and high-octane storytelling, as it tells the
dramatic story of the X-Troop men who helped to defeat the Nazis and liberate the
concentration camps where their families had either been killed or imprisoned.
ISBN: 9781784743123
Pages: 320