Return to the Reich: a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis
"The remarkable story of Fred Mayer, a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission behind enemy lines. Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer witnessed the Nazis' rise to power. When he was sixteen, his family made the decision to flee t...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The remarkable story of Fred Mayer, a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission behind enemy lines. Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer witnessed the Nazis' rise to power. When he was sixteen, his family made the decision to flee to the United States--they were among the last German Jews to escape, in 1938. In America, Freddy tried enlisting the day after Pearl Harbor, only to be rejected as an "enemy alien" because he was German. He was soon recruited to the OSS, the country's first spy outfit before the CIA. Freddy, joined by Dutch Jewish refugee Hans Wynberg and Nazi defector Franz Weber, parachuted into Austria as the leader of Operation Greenup, meant to deter Hitler's last stand. He posed as a Nazi officer and a French POW for months, dispatching reports to the OSS via Hans, holed up with a radio in a nearby attic. The reports contained a goldmine of information, provided key intelligence about the Battle of the Bulge, and allowed the Allies to bomb twenty Nazi trains. On the verge of the Allied victory, Freddy was captured by the Gestapo and tortured and waterboarded for days. Remarkably, he persuaded the Nazi commander for the region to surrender, completing one of the most successful OSS missions of the war. Based on years of research and interviews with Mayer himself, whom the author was able to meet only months before his death at the age of ninety-four, Return to the Reich is an eye-opening, unforgettable narrative of World War II heroism"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 288 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780358415152 9781328528537 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Introduction Prologue ix і 1. A German Boy 2. Enemy Alien 3 19 3. The Cloak-and-Dagger Brigade 4. The Third Man 5. The Drop 61 89 6. The Glacier 109 7. “Franz Weber Sent Me” 8. The Führer s Bunker 123 139 9. The Birth of a Frenchman 10. “Take Innsbruck” 12. A White Flag 151 173 11. The Water Treatment 189 209 Epilogue: After the Fall 227 Author’s Note Acknowledgments Notes 243 Photo Credits Index 277 35 276 239
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| spelling | Lichtblau, Eric 1965- Verfasser (DE-588)1062585496 aut Return to the Reich a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis Eric Lichtblau Boston ; New York Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019 xiii, 288 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Introduction -- Prologue -- A German boy -- Enemy alien -- The cloak-and-dagger brigade -- The third man -- The drop -- The glacier -- "Franz Weber sent me" -- The Führer's bunker -- The birth of a Frenchman -- "Take Innsbruck" -- The water treatment -- A white flag -- Epilogue: After the fall "The remarkable story of Fred Mayer, a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission behind enemy lines. Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer witnessed the Nazis' rise to power. When he was sixteen, his family made the decision to flee to the United States--they were among the last German Jews to escape, in 1938. In America, Freddy tried enlisting the day after Pearl Harbor, only to be rejected as an "enemy alien" because he was German. He was soon recruited to the OSS, the country's first spy outfit before the CIA. Freddy, joined by Dutch Jewish refugee Hans Wynberg and Nazi defector Franz Weber, parachuted into Austria as the leader of Operation Greenup, meant to deter Hitler's last stand. He posed as a Nazi officer and a French POW for months, dispatching reports to the OSS via Hans, holed up with a radio in a nearby attic. The reports contained a goldmine of information, provided key intelligence about the Battle of the Bulge, and allowed the Allies to bomb twenty Nazi trains. On the verge of the Allied victory, Freddy was captured by the Gestapo and tortured and waterboarded for days. Remarkably, he persuaded the Nazi commander for the region to surrender, completing one of the most successful OSS missions of the war. Based on years of research and interviews with Mayer himself, whom the author was able to meet only months before his death at the age of ninety-four, Return to the Reich is an eye-opening, unforgettable narrative of World War II heroism"-- Mayer, Fred 1921-2016 (DE-588)125248898X gnd rswk-swf USA Office of Strategic Services (DE-588)2083772-0 gnd rswk-swf Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd rswk-swf Spionage (DE-588)4056287-6 gnd rswk-swf Tirol (DE-588)4060207-2 gnd rswk-swf Mayer, Frederick / 1921-2016 United States / Office of Strategic Services / Officials and employees / Biography Spies / United States / Biography Jews / Germany / Freiburg im Breisgau / Biography World War, 1939-1945 / Secret service / United States World War, 1939-1945 / Underground movements / Austria Espionage, American / Europe / History / 20th century Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) / Biography HISTORY / Military / World War II. HISTORY / Holocaust United States / Office of Strategic Services World War (1939-1945) Employees Espionage, American Jews Secret service Spies Underground movements, War Austria Europe Germany / Freiburg im Breisgau United States 1900-1999 Biographies History (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie 1938-1945 gnd-content USA Office of Strategic Services (DE-588)2083772-0 b Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 s Spionage (DE-588)4056287-6 s Tirol (DE-588)4060207-2 g DE-604 Mayer, Fred 1921-2016 (DE-588)125248898X p Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-328-52990-9 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031635151&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Lichtblau, Eric 1965- Return to the Reich a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis Introduction -- Prologue -- A German boy -- Enemy alien -- The cloak-and-dagger brigade -- The third man -- The drop -- The glacier -- "Franz Weber sent me" -- The Führer's bunker -- The birth of a Frenchman -- "Take Innsbruck" -- The water treatment -- A white flag -- Epilogue: After the fall Mayer, Fred 1921-2016 (DE-588)125248898X gnd USA Office of Strategic Services (DE-588)2083772-0 gnd Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd Spionage (DE-588)4056287-6 gnd |
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| title | Return to the Reich a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis |
| title_auth | Return to the Reich a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis |
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| title_full | Return to the Reich a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis Eric Lichtblau |
| title_fullStr | Return to the Reich a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis Eric Lichtblau |
| title_full_unstemmed | Return to the Reich a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis Eric Lichtblau |
| title_short | Return to the Reich |
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| title_sub | a Holocaust refugee's secret mission to defeat the Nazis |
| topic | Mayer, Fred 1921-2016 (DE-588)125248898X gnd USA Office of Strategic Services (DE-588)2083772-0 gnd Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd Spionage (DE-588)4056287-6 gnd |
| topic_facet | Mayer, Fred 1921-2016 USA Office of Strategic Services Zweiter Weltkrieg Spionage Tirol Biografie 1938-1945 |
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