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Witness to the Storm
- Author
- Werner T. Angress
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2019
- Run Time
- 15 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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, 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 powerful tale of one man’s struggle to fight for and rescue the country that had betrayed him.
Critics Review
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“A gem…A gripping, suspenseful story…Sober, frank, and humane.”
Journal of Central European History
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“This is an extraordinary memoir, self-ironic and humane, dealing with one of the darkest chapters of twentieth century history.”
Konrad H. Jarausch, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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“This autobiography deserves to be placed next to Victor Klemperer’s I Will Bear Witness as a vivid account of the Nazi years…Readers will find in these pages the unforgettable depiction of a turbulent life.”
Allan Mitchell, author of Nazi Paris
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Details
- Author
- Werner T. Angress
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Duration
- 15 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9781982525217
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: historical, political and military, True war and combat stories, Memoirs, Second World War, The Holocaust
Synopsis
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, 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 powerful tale of one man’s struggle to fight for and rescue the country that had betrayed him.
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