More history, from Aufbau.
In previous posts, I listed articles and other items published during WW II in the New York-based German Exile newspaper Aufbau, pertaining to the struggle for the creation of an independent Jewish military force, and, the wartime experiences of Jewish soldiers from – prior to Israel’s re-establishment in May of 1948 – the Yishuv. This post follows the same theme: It’s a list of the 132-odd items published in Aufbau pertaining to Jewish soldiers killed in action or on active service, encompassing the time-frame from the war’s commencement in September of 1939, through March of 1946. The tabulation of these news items being based on my own evaluation, text in boldface represents the article title as it actually appeared in Aufbau, these items including an English-language translation which didn’t (!) appear in the newspaper.
The list commences with an article about Pilot Officer Harold Rosofsky (40022) from Guateng, Johannesburg, South Africa, a Wellington bomber pilot of No. 9 Squadron Royal Air Force killed in a training mission on September 8, 1939 (specifically, in Wellington I L4320 WS * ZB), and ends with (in historical retrospect, somewhat ironically) mention of Major General Maurice Rose, killed in action on March 30, 1945.
Overall, I do have information about the majority of the men listed below – for example, Justin Seitenbach, Ernest L. Palm (Yehuda Bar Naftali HaLevi), Werner Katz, Eric G. Newhouse, Peter Schweifert, and others, while I already have a post (currently under revision) about William Hays Davidow, and this “up-and-running” post which mentions Heinz Thannhauser … but …
This list will suffice, for now.
| Date | Title |
| 10/1/39 | Roll of Honor – Pilot Rosofsky tot (“Roll of Honor – Pilot Rosofsky dead”) |
| 10/1/39 | Roll of Honor – Polens einziger judischer General gefallen (“Roll of Honor – Poland’s only Jewish general fallen”) |
| 10/24/41 | Die erste Verlustliste – The First Casualty List (“The first loss list – The first casualty list”) |
| 7/10/42 | Private Louis Schleifer |
| 2/5/43 | Eine Ehrenliste |
| 2/5/43 | In Memoriam – Peter Binswanger |
| 2/26/43 | Pollitz, Refugee From Nazis, Dies in Pacific Action |
| 2/26/43 | Meyer Levin – Amerikaner – Jüde – Kämpfer – Ein Besuch bei den Eltern des gefallenen Helden (“Meyer Levin – American – Jew – Fighter – A visit with the fallen hero’s parents”) |
| 4/23/43 | Brigadier Frederick H. Kisch gefallen – Der Chefingenieur der 8 britischen Armee (“Brigadier Frederick H. Kisch – The Chief Engineer of the 8th British Army”) |
| 6/4/43 | Ein Immigrant starb fur Amerika – Justin Seitenbach von seinem letzten Flug nicht zuruckgekehrt – Ein goldener Stern fur Washington Heights (“An immigrant died for America – Justin Seitenbach did not return from his last flight – A golden star for Washington Heights”) |
| 6/11/43 | Jews in Uniform – Obituary (Davidow, William H., Capt.) |
| 8/20/43 | Der Untergang der 138 (“The sinking of the 138”) |
| 8/27/43 | H.E. Bauer (Bauernfreund) |
| 8/27/43 | Im Dienst des Landes – Theodore Katz (“In the service of the country – Theodore Katz”) |
| 9/17/43 | Der Heldentod der 138 – Jüdische Kriegsveteranen im Mittelmeer ertrunken (“The heroic death of 138 – Jewish war veterans drowned in the Mediterranean”) |
| 11/12/43 | Der Tod fur die Freiheit (“Death for freedom”) [Ernest Lilienstein] |
| 12/10/43 | Der letzte Brief des Private Herz (“The last letter of Private Herz”) |
| 1/7/44 | Werner Cahn gefallen (“Werner Cahn is fallen”) |
| 2/11/44 | In Italien gefallen – Otto W. Steinberg (“Fallen in Italy – Otto W. Steinberg”) |
| 2/18/44 | Vor Cassino verwundet (“Wounded at Cassino”) [Peter Rosenberg] |
| 3/10/44 | Corp. Werner Katz, der Held von Burma – Der letzte Brief des Gefallenen – Unsere Boys kampfen in der vordersten Linien (“Corp. Werner Katz, the Hero of Burma – The Last Letter of the Fallen – Our boys fight in the front lines”) |
| 3/17/44 | Corp. Werner Katz lebt (“Cpl. Werner Katz is alive”) |
| 3/24/44 | Lt. Charles D. Pack gestorben (“Lt. Charles D. Pack has died”) |
| 3/24/44 | Sgt. Palm todlich verungluck (“Sgt. Palm fatally injured”) |
| 4/21/44 | Zum zweiten Male Verwundet (“Wounded for the second time”) [Ralph Beigel] |
| 4/28/44 | 44 judische-Schriftsteller gefallen oder vermisst (“44 Jewish writers fallen or missing”) |
| 4/28/44 | Sgt. Ernest Leopold Palm |
| 5/5/44 | In Burma gefallen (“Fallen in Burma”) [Pvt. Heinz A. Sander] |
| 5/12/44 | Die Toten ehren die Lebenden (“The dead honor the living”) [Wolfgang Rosenberg] |
| 5/12/44 | Pvt. Eric M. Heilbronn |
| 5/12/44 | Pvt. Ernest Strauss |
| 5/26/44 | Einer von Vielen – Guenther L. Schleimer – Held von Anzio Beachhead (“One of the many – Guenther L. Schleimer – Hero of the Anzio Beachhead”) |
| 6/30/44 | Pvt. Eric Hirschmann |
| 7/21/44 | Fur ihre neue Heimat gefallen (“Fallen for their new home”) [Bruno Loeb; William B. Flesch] |
| 7/28/44 | In Memoriam – Cpl. Robert Maerz |
| 7/28/44 | Mit dem Purple Heart ausgezeichnet (“Awarded the Purple Heart”) [Kurt Abraham; Julius Dukas] |
| 8/11/44 | Cpl. Robert Maerz der am D-Day in Frankreich gefallen ist (“Cpl. Robert Maerz who died on D-Day in France”) |
| 8/18/44 | Fur die neue Heimat gefallen (“Fallen for the new homeland” [PFC Martin Muller] |
| 8/18/44 | Fur die neue Heimat gefallen (“Fallen for the new homeland”) [Pvt. Harry Gunther] |
| 8/25/44 | Paul Holos gefallen (“Paul Holos is Fallen] |
| 8/25/44 | PFC Peter Rosenberg, der am Rapido Fluss bei Cassino verwundet wurde (“PFC Peter Rosenberg, wounded at the Rapido River near Cassino”) |
| 8/25/44 | Kurt Lesser, Technician 3rd Grade |
| 9/1/44 | Der Kriegstod Egon Bruenells (“The war death of Egon Bruenell”) |
| 9/1/44 | Edward J. Frosh |
| 9/1/44 | Pvt. Arthur Ullendorf |
| 9/1/44 | Auf Patrouille in Burma – Die Abenteuer eines Todgesagten von Staff Sergeant Werner Katz (“On Patrol in Burma – The Adventures of a Dead Man, by Staff Sergeant Werner Katz”) |
| 9/8/44 | PFC Ernest Pessel |
| 9/15/44 | F.H. Koretz gefallen (“F.H. Koretz fallen”) |
| 9/15/44 | Heniz Thannhauser |
| 9/15/44 | Pvt. Josef E. Kahn |
| 9/15/44 | Pvt. Kurt Reinheimer |
| 9/15/44 | The Story of Sgt. Eric G. Newhouse |
| 10/6/44 | PFC Alfred Hirsch |
| 10/20/44 | Pro Libertate – Pvt. Bertold Adler (“For freedom – Pvt. Bertold Adler”) |
| 10/20/44 | Pro Libertate – Pvt. Gerhard Buehler (“For freedom – Pvt. Gerhard Buehler”) |
| 10/27/44 | PFC Julius Jonas |
| 10/27/44 | Jochanan Tartakower |
| 11/10/44 | Ehrentafel fur unsere Gefallenen (“Table of honor for our fallen”) |
| 11/17/44 | PFC Henry L. Hanauer |
| 11/17/44 | Pvt. Paul H. Hertz |
| 11/17/44 | S/Sgt. Kurt Popper |
| 11/24/44 | Ehrentafel fur unsere Gefallenen (“Table of honor for our fallen”) |
| 12/1/44 | Cpl. Eric Nathan |
| 12/1/44 | S/Sgt. Kurt Popper |
| 12/8/44 | Anneliese Ostrogorski |
| 12/22/44 | They Died for Their Country – This is the first list of “Aufbau” readers who, having immigrated to this country since 1933, made the supreme sacrifice for their new homeland and liberty. |
| 12/29/44 | Pvt. Fred M. Harlam – Als 4-F fur die Freiheit gefallen (“Pvt. Fred M. Harlam – As a 4-F fallen for freedom”) |
| 1/12/45 | Sgt. Paul Mayer |
| 1/19/45 | Pvt. Eric Ziegelstein |
| 1/19/45 | Ensign Samuel Marsh, Jr. |
| 1/26/45 | PFC Henry Menkes |
| 1/26/45 | Pvt. Gero Piper |
| 1/26/45 | Pvt. Joseph Rudas |
| 1/26/45 | S/Sgt. Bernard Gaertner |
| 1/26/45 | Sgt. Alfred Nightingale |
| 2/2/45 | Corp. T/5 John Weill |
| 2/2/45 | PFC Alfred Behr |
| 2/2/45 | Pvt. Freddie Linton |
| 2/2/45 | T/Sgt. John Loewenthal |
| 2/2/45 | PFC Ferdinand Epstein |
| 2/9/45 | PFC Gerhard Heymann |
| 2/9/45 | He Knew Why He Died (David and George – 12/7/44) |
| 2/16/45 | S/Sgt. Alfred Rosenthal |
| 2/23/45 | Gen. Ivan D. Chernyakovsky |
| 2/23/45 | Sgt. Alexander H. Hirsch |
| 2/23/45 | Beim Macquis gefallen (“Fallen as a Maquis”) [Egon Berlin] |
| 2/23/45 | Major Mirkin gefallen (“Major Mirkin has fallen”) |
| 3/2/45 | Beim Macquis gefallen (“Fallen as a Maquis”) [Erwin Brueckman] |
| 3/2/45 | Ebenfalls beim Macquis gefallen (“Also Fallen as Maquis”) [Ernest Blaukopf, Paula Draxler, Dr. Alfred Eidinger, Albert Hirsch, Harry Fleischmann, Heinrich Fritz, Karl Glatzhofer, Jula Guesner, Felix Kreisler, Gustav Kurz, Josef Meisel, Dr. Georg Rosen, Hugo Schoenagl, Bruno Weingast] |
| 3/9/45 | First Sgt. Alfred Eisenmann |
| 3/9/45 | PFC Arthur Heinz Gottschalk |
| 3/16/45 | PFC Richard L. Norman |
| 3/16/45 | PFC Steve L. Schoenwalter |
| 3/16/45 | S/Sgt. Louis Leiter |
| 3/30/45 | 2nd Lt. Alfred Kupferschmidt |
| 3/30/45 | PFC Frank Kurzinger |
| 3/30/45 | Pvt. Ernest Schiffres |
| 4/6/45 | Major General Maurice Rose |
| 4/13/45 | Eisenstaedt, Lubow, Mosback |
| 4/27/45 | Gerald (Jerry) Beigel |
| 5/4/45 | PFC Harry Kaufman |
| 5/4/45 | Pvt. Fred Finsterwald |
| 5/11/45 | Corp. Heinz Maas |
| 5/11/45 | Max Levy |
| 5/11/45 | PFC Curtis Field |
| 5/11/45 | T/5 Bernard Wattenberg |
| 5/11/45 | Aus deutscher Gefangenschaft befreit (“Freed from German captivity”) [PFC Herbert Frank] |
| 5/11/45 | Lichtwitz, Richard (death notice – mentions Hans Lichtwitz) |
| 5/18/45 | PFC Eric Wertheim |
| 5/18/45 | PFC Leo Kent (Kendziora) |
| 5/18/45 | S/Sgt. Erich I. Goldschmidt |
| 5/18/45 | S/Sgt. Stephen Sigmund Mosbacher |
| 5/25/45 | Pvt. Adolf Rosenzweig |
| 5/25/45 | Pvt. Arnold A. Masse |
| 6/1/45 | S/Sgt. Martin H. Neuhaus |
| 6/15/45 | Manfred Selig |
| 6/15/45 | PFC Arthur Einstein |
| 6/29/45 | Cpl. Luwig Elsas (with Sapper Martin Elsas, brother) |
| 6/29/45 | PFC Fred Winterfeld |
| 7/6/45 | PFC Gerhard Samuel |
| 7/13/45 | Rolf Baumgarten |
| 8/10/45 | Pvt. Henry Lonner |
| 8/24/45 | PFC Gilbert Wolff |
| 9/7/45 | Now It Can Be Told (Peter Schweifert) |
| 9/21/45 | PFC George E. Rosing |
| 10/19/45 | T/3 Hugo A. Schaefer |
| 11/9/45 | PFC Manfred Butler |
| 11/9/45 | Prv. Ernst Rosenstein |
| 11/9/45 | Sgt. Julius Cohn |
| 11/9/45 | Im Dienst des Maquis gefallen (“Fallen in the service of the Maquis”) [Max Kahn] |
| 1/25/46 | Verlustziffer der amerikanischen Juden in diesem Kriege (“Loss figure of the American Jews in this war”) |
| 3/29/46 | Jahrestags-Gedenkfeier am Grabe des von den Deutschen hinterlistig erschossenen Major-General Maurice Rose (“Anniversary commemoration ceremony at the grave of Major-General Maurice Rose, who was treacherously shot by the Germans”) |
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