Herman Becker’s War
Sæland, Frode: Herman Beckers krig
Herman Hirsch Becker was the son of a Jewish couple who came to Norway in 1914. In 1941, at the age of 21, he fled to Britain to join the Royal Air Force. His family was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Berman Becker’s military effort took place at the Norwegian training camp “Little Norway” in Canada, the Norwegian 333-sqaudron in Scotland and in the Australian 464-squadron in the north of France. With this book, an unknown war hero and an important piece of Norwegian holocaust is revealed. It tells a story of personal courage and intense efforts, inconceivable toil and suffering, death and survival.
The book is illustrated throughout.
First published: 2009, Aschehoug Non-Fiction
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