X Troop | Sparks of History

X-Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War Two – Leah Garrett

Director, Jewish Studies Center, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Hunter College.

Award winning author

Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel, 2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for modern Jewish History

A Knight at the Opera: Heine, Wagner, Herzl, Peretz, and the Legacy of Der Tannhäuser

The Cross and Other Jewish Stories by Lamed Shapiro

Journeys Beyond the Pale: Yiddish Travel Writing in the Modern World

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Episode #1

X TROOP – PROFESSOR LEAH GARRETT – INTRO

X TROOP – JEWISH REFUGEES – INTERNMENT CAMPS

X TROOP – Commando & Counter Intelligence Training

X TROOP – 3 Heroes: Masters, Ganz & Anson

X TROOP – D-DAY EXPLOITS

X TROOP – THE HUNGARIAN HUNK

X TROOP – CORFU, SICILY

X TROOP – POST WAR / NAZIS

X TROOP – LIBERATION!

X TROOP – COMMANDO KIDS

X TROOP – WHY STUDY?

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