(JUDAICA WORLD WARS) XIX Corps Scroll

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(JUDAICA--WORLD WARS.) XIX Corps Scroll. Issue #2. [15] pages, 11 x 8 inches, staple-bound; folds, minor wear. Germany, 28 March 1945

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A magazine for the Jewish troops of the XIX Corps, fighting on the Western Front in the closing months of World War Two. Includes a Passover message from Chaplain Samuel Blinder, a list of several dozen "men who attend our services," and various news items on the unit's soldiers. One blurb is titled "If Goebbels Only Knew": "Chaplain Manuel Poliakoff . . . held a Jewish service in the dining hall of Goebbels' own Schloss Rheydt. According to the yank paper, it was a Purim service, thus celebrating a double victory, an old and a new one. The old victory over Haman, and the new one over Hitler. Good work, Manny."

No issues are traced in OCLC or at auction, though some are held by museums.