They dared return : the true stories of Jewish spies behind the lines in Nazi Germany
O'Donnell, Patrick K.2009
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In July 1943, Frederick Mayer and four other German-born Jews volunteered for behind-enemy-lines operations for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). A rivetting first-hand, intensely human story of courage and revenge.
Main title:
They dared return : the true stories of Jewish spies behind the lines in Nazi Germany / by Patrick K. O'Donnell
Author:
Imprint:
London Simon & Schuster 2009
Collation:
239 p. illustrations
Contents:
Get me out of the infantry - Country club - The wait - A roll of the dice - Into the cage - The hustler - Alpenfestung - Operation greenup - Operation deadwood - The jump - The counterfeit gambit - Ticket to ride - The game - In the belly of the beast - The electrician - Where there were no borders - Fly in the ointment - Alpenfestung? - Captured - The kriminalrat - Downfall - Funkspiel - General Fred Mayer - Into the hills - The tables are turned - To the end - Matull's plight - The surrender of Innsbruck - Turnabout - The double agent - Who do you think we are, Nazis? - Then and now - Appendix A: Report on Operation Dania - Appendix B: debriefing report on operations Dillon and Dillon III - Appendix C: Bernd Steinitz debriefed by Dyno Lowenstein - Appendix D: Report of Gestapo ant-parachute chief in Klagenfurt - Appendix E: The German view of the Dillon mission - Appendix F: Final report on German civilians
ISBN:
9781847377906 (pbk 1847377904 pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5486 THE
Local class:
940.5486
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3342
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair | Nonfiction | 940.5486 THE | Available |