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The Brigade

Howard Blum

2001304 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2001
first published
  • 2001Simon & Schuster Ltd · 336 pagesISBN 9780684866154
  • 2008HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780061760471
  • 2002Pocket Books · 304 pagesISBN 9780671037796
  • 2001HarperAudio · ENGISBN 9780694526581
  • 2001HarperCollins Publishers · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780060194864

November 1944. The British government finally agrees to send a brigade of 5,000 Jewish volunteers from Palestine to Europe to fight the German army. But when the war ends and the soldiers witness firsthand the horrors their people have suffered in the concentration camps, the men launch a brutal and calculating campaign of vengeance, forming secret squads to identify, locate, and kill Nazi officers in hiding. Their own ferocity threatens to overwhelm them until a fortuitous encounter with an orphaned girl sets the men on a course of action — rescuing Jewish war orphans and transporting them to Palestine — that will not only change their lives but also help create a nation and forever alter the course of world history.

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

When and where

ThemesWar

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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