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Hunter@Home - X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

May 20, 2020 | 1:00 pm
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Leah Garrett and WWII soldiers

Award-Winning Scholar, Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at Hunter College, Leah Garrett, will discuss her new book project which tells the remarkable and unknown story of a group of Jewish Holocaust refugees who were trained by the British to be commandos, fighting on the front lines of many of the most crucial battles of the Second World War. These were the elite of the elite, a special forces unit that would help bring the Nazis to their knees.

Event will be followed by a live, virtual, Q&A.

This event will be held online via Zoom.

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Website
https://community.hunter.cuny.edu/hunterhome-spring-2020-week-4-reg-form
Audience
Open to Everyone
Organization/Sponsor
Jewish Studies Center
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