Rigg, Bryan Mark

Voices of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers

"As in his earlier book, Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, Rigg has done exhaustive research that will force scholars once again to confront the nuances and complexity of life in Nazi Germany.His oral histories not only provide a poignant glimpse at the human stories behind the impersonal facade of Nazi racial laws, but also show just how these individuals at the margin of the Nazi Volksgemeinschaft responded in an effort to shape and influence their own fate.Far from passive victims, Rigg's evidence reveals the variety of strategies individuals employed to navigate the ambiguities of the Nazi racial state.At the same time, this work will add to our understanding of the complex interplay of personal, cultural, and national identity."—Stephen G. Fritz, author of Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II and Endkampf: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Death of the Third Reich.