This is the story of David Streiber, a 19-year-old Jewish-American soldier who is assigned to Germany in January 1959. It is the post-war period, anti-Semitism is still extant in Germany, and Nazi sympathies are still strong. Before he leaves home, he is warned not to get involved with the German people and not to get married. He is stationed at Merrell Barracks in Nuremberg, a former SS Kaserne about a mile from Soldiers' Field, the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. From his barracks window, he can see part of the Grandstand where Hitler reviewed goose-stepping troops and spoke of global war and the...
This is the story of David Streiber, a 19-year-old Jewish-American soldier who is assigned to Germany in January 1959. It is the post-war period, anti...
