
Give the Gift of Choice!
Too many options? Treat your friends and family to their favourite stores with a Bayshore Shopping Centre gift card, redeemable at participating retailers throughout the centre. Click below to purchase yours today!Purchase HereHome
Love, Abe: A Jewish GI's World War II Letters Home
Coles
Loading Inventory...
Love, Abe: A Jewish GI's World War II Letters Home in Ottawa, ON
By None
Current price: $30.99


By None
Love, Abe: A Jewish GI's World War II Letters Home in Ottawa, ON
Current price: $30.99
Loading Inventory...
Size: Paperback
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Coles
A STORY OF WARTIME LIFE, LOVE, AND SERVICE
The children of immigrants, Abraham "Abe" Klapper and Lillian Schein were newlyweds expecting their first child when Abe was inducted into the U.S. Army and later served in an antiaircraft battalion. Between 1943 and 1945, the couple exchanged over 800 letters. In Love, Abe, author Bonnie Goldenberg draws from her parents' voluminous correspondence to reveal the unique perspective of a first-generation American Jew sent to fight the Nazis in Germany. While contending with the vicious anti-Semitism of the Nazi regime, Abe was no stranger to prejudice on the home front. An articulate observer, he shares his experiences during training stateside and his service overseas, including:
Celebrating Passover in Hitler's Germany
Joining the front line for Europe's biggest antiaircraft battle at the bridge at Remagen
Using his background in Yiddish to act as an interpreter with German civilians and POWs
The elation of V-E Day and V-J Day
Daily life in postwar occupied Germany
Guarding the Ministerial Collecting Center as part of "Operation Goldcup" to recover documents scattered across Germany during the Allied bombing
In his letters, Abe poured out his love, hopes, and dreams for his wife and young daughter, and the future he was fighting for. This is a story unique to them, but much of it was also shared by many Americans who served in World War II and their loved ones at home.
A STORY OF WARTIME LIFE, LOVE, AND SERVICE
The children of immigrants, Abraham "Abe" Klapper and Lillian Schein were newlyweds expecting their first child when Abe was inducted into the U.S. Army and later served in an antiaircraft battalion. Between 1943 and 1945, the couple exchanged over 800 letters. In Love, Abe, author Bonnie Goldenberg draws from her parents' voluminous correspondence to reveal the unique perspective of a first-generation American Jew sent to fight the Nazis in Germany. While contending with the vicious anti-Semitism of the Nazi regime, Abe was no stranger to prejudice on the home front. An articulate observer, he shares his experiences during training stateside and his service overseas, including:
Celebrating Passover in Hitler's Germany
Joining the front line for Europe's biggest antiaircraft battle at the bridge at Remagen
Using his background in Yiddish to act as an interpreter with German civilians and POWs
The elation of V-E Day and V-J Day
Daily life in postwar occupied Germany
Guarding the Ministerial Collecting Center as part of "Operation Goldcup" to recover documents scattered across Germany during the Allied bombing
In his letters, Abe poured out his love, hopes, and dreams for his wife and young daughter, and the future he was fighting for. This is a story unique to them, but much of it was also shared by many Americans who served in World War II and their loved ones at home.

















