Summary of Leah Garrett's X Troop

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 In September 1937, the young man who would become Colin Anson sat with his father at a beer hall in Frankfurt. He was only 15 years old, and it was exciting for him to enter the grown-up world of the Bierhalle.
#2 The beer hall was packed with German American tourists. The atmosphere was tense, and the only sound was Lorna thumping her tail against the sawdust-covered floor. Colin’s father, who was Jewish, was arrested for speaking out against the Nazis.
#3 In 1937, when Colin was fifteen, his father was taken away by the Nazis. The death of his father was the defining moment of his life. He had always idolized Curt, and saw him as a role model of the type of man he wanted to be.
#4 Colin’s father had protected him from the knowledge that he was Jewish, but when he was told that he was half Jewish, his views on the Nazis changed almost immediately. The situation for the Jews of Frankfurt became much worse after the Night of Broken Glass in 1938, when thousands of Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

Sujets

• Military
• World War II

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 18 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669386063
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Leah Garrett's X Troop
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17 Insights from Chapter 18 Insights from Chapter 19
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In September 1937, the young man who would become Colin Anson sat with his father at a beer hall in Frankfurt. He was only 15 years old, and it was exciting for him to enter the grown-up world of the Bierhalle.

#2

The beer hall was packed with German American tourists. The atmosphere was tense, and the only sound was Lorna thumping her tail against the sawdust-covered floor. Colin’s father, who was Jewish, was arrested for speaking out against the Nazis.

#3

In 1937, when Colin was fifteen, his father was taken away by the Nazis. The death of his father was the defining moment of his life. He had always idolized Curt, and saw him as a role model of the type of man he wanted to be.

#4

Colin’s father had protected him from the knowledge that he was Jewish, but when he was told that he was half Jewish, his views on the Nazis changed almost immediately. The situation for the Jews of Frankfurt became much worse after the Night of Broken Glass in 1938, when thousands of Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

#5

The story of Colin Redlinski is a prime example of how the Nazis would trap Jewish children in Germany and send them to concentration camps. Colin’s mother tried to get him out of Germany by getting him on a Kindertransport train to Britain, but the Nazis stopped the train in Holland.

#6

In 1938, Peter Masters, a Jewish teenager, was obsessed with the Austrian national soccer team. He wanted to watch the final game between Germany and Austria, a celebration of Austria returning to the Reich. He couldn’t give the Nazi salute, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out his binoculars.

#7

The Anschluss was the Nazi declaration that Austria was going to be annexed into Germany. The vote was 99. 73 percent in favor of the Anschluss. While Peter’s Jewish family was not allowed to vote in the plebiscite, his cook Paula decided to participate and marked her vote against the unification of Austria and Germany.

#8

Peter’s life was good before the arrival of the Nazis. He was a born artist, and he loved art and music in Vienna. But with the German takeover in 1938, life in Austria changed overnight.

#9

The Metzgers’ lives were turned upside down when they were forced to flee Vienna in 1938. They left behind their apartment, their possessions, and even their dog. They had to leave behind their grandfather, Arnold, who was a respected goldsmith and silversmith.

#10

The Gans family was Jewish, and they lived in Borken, a medieval town in Germany. Manfred’s Bar Mitzvah was to be a special event for their many guests, and everyone was determined to have a good time.

#11

The family of Manfred Frankel, who was a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany, were leaders of the community. They were well liked and diplomatic, and they had been elected to the town council and president of the League for War Injured, War Orphans, and War Widows.

#12

In 1936, when Gershon was sixteen, his parents allowed him to emigrate to Palestine with the idea that the rest of the family would eventually join him. The anti-Semitism in Germany only seemed to make Manfred stronger.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

In the final months of peace in Europe, refugees from Germany and Austria began to stream into England. The country seemed to be a safe haven from the anti-Semitic terror on the other side of the Channel.

#2

In September of 1938, Hitler had turned his sights on the Sudetenland, in Czechoslovakia, where there was a large community of Germans who supposedly wanted to be incorporated into the Third Reich. With a second world war possibly looming, a hasty conference was convened in Munich with Hitler, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, French premier Edouard Daladier, and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The Czechs were not invited.

#3

In September 1940, Hitler invaded France and Britain failed to honor their pledge to free Poland. In May 1940, German panzer divisions began massing on the French border, and the attack on the west began.

#4

In 1940, Manfred was interned with thousands of other Jewish refugees.