X TROOP: THE SECRET JEWISH COMMANDOS OF WORLD WAR II, 05-24-21
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College
President together with Roosevelt House and the Hunter College Jewish Studies
Center invite you to celebrate the publication of the new book X TROOP: THE SECRET JEWISH COMMANDOS OF WORLD WAR II Featuring author Leah Garrett In conversation with Benjamin Hett Monday, May 24, Live program begins at 5 PM EDT Join via Zoom Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to
join shortly before the program begins. You can order a copy of
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Please join us for a live Zoom discussion of the new book X TROOP: The Secret Jewish Commandos of
World War II by Leah Garrett. In this riveting history,
Garrett chronicles the incredible—and largely untold—story of the German-Jewish
commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive WWII special-forces unit.
The author will be in conversation with Hunter
College history professor and author Benjamin Hett. The men of X Troop were the real Inglorious Basterds:
a secret commando unit of young Jewish refugees who were trained in
counterintelligence and advanced combat to deliver decisive blows against the
Nazis. Acclaimed scholar Leah Garrett draws on extensive original research,
including interviews with the last surviving members of the X Troop unit. She
follows this unique band of brothers from Germany to England and back again,
with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the
battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of the Terezin
concentration camp—the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of
the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of
these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis. "Brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history: the first full account of a remarkable group of Jewish refugees—a top-secret band of brothers—who waged war on Hitler."—Alex Kershaw, best-selling author Leah Garrett is the Director of Jewish and Hebrew Studies at
Hunter College and an award-winning author. Her book Young Lions: How
Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel was a finalist for
the National Jewish Book Award and won the 2017 Jordan Schnitzer award for
best book in Modern Jewish History. She is also the author of Journeys beyond the
Pale: Yiddish Travel Writing in the Modern World and A Knight at the Opera: Heine, Wagner, Herzl,
Peretz, and the Legacy of Der Tannhäuser. She
has led a number of public programs at Roosevelt House.
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