From Utah Beach to Strakonice - An interview with Harry Feinberg and Harry Jacobs on the Advantages of knowing Yiddish, the liberation of Europe, the fear of death, and why they fought in the War.
From Utah Beach to Strakonice - An interview with Harry Feinberg and Harry Jacobs on the Advantages of knowing Yiddish, the liberation of Europe, the fear of death, and why they fought in the War.

Author(s): Adam Hradilek
Subject(s): Language studies, Jewish studies, Military history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; interview; Harry Feinberg; Harry Jacobs; Yiddish; Strakonice; Prague;
Summary/Abstract: Both men experienced Europe’s battlefields as troops with the Fourth Armoured Division of Patton’s Third Army. From the beaches of Normandy via the Ardennes, they got as far as Czechoslovakia, where they survived to see the end of the War. Harry Feinberg talks about the journey through Europe. Harry Jacobs was given his most interesting mission a few days after Germany’s surrender. On 11 May 1945, he was assigned the task of crossing the demarcation line somewhere between Strakonice and Prague to obtain an archive from the German Army that it had kept on the Red Army at the Eastern Front.

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