Love Abe

<p><strong style=color: rgba(64 0 0 1)>A STORY OF WARTIME LIFE LOVE AND SERVICE</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The children of immigrants Abraham Abe Klapper and Lillian Schein were newlyweds expecting their first child when Abe was inducted into the U.S. Army and later served in an antiaircraft battalion. Between 1943 and 1945 the couple exchanged over 800 letters. In </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Love Abe</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> author Bonnie Goldenberg draws from her parents' voluminous correspondence to reveal the unique perspective of a first-generation American Jew sent to fight the Nazis in Germany.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>While contending with the vicious anti-Semitism of the Nazi regime Abe was no stranger to prejudice on the home front. An articulate observer he shares his experiences during training stateside and his service overseas including:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Celebrating Passover in Hitler's Germany</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Joining the front line for Europe's biggest antiaircraft battle at the bridge at Remagen</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Using his background in Yiddish to act as an interpreter with German civilians and POWs</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The elation of V-E Day and V-J Day</span></li><li>Daily life in postwar occupied Germany</li><li>Guarding the Ministerial Collecting Center as part of Operation Goldcup to recover documents scattered across Germany during the Allied bombing</li></ul><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In his letters Abe poured out his love hopes and dreams for his wife and young daughter and the future he was fighting for.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is a story unique to them but much of it was also shared by many Americans who served in World War II and their loved ones at home.</span></p><p><br></p>