John H. Horn |
John H. Horn [1945] | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
3rd United States Army Intelligence Center
Belgium; Germany
Staff Sergeant
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John Horn, a staff sergeant with the 3rd United States Army Intelligence Center, was a
German-Jewish émigré. While some members of his immediate family left Germany for
America or Palestine before the war, many remained. Most of Horn's letters home deal
with general topicsthe routine of Army lifebut in October 1945, Horn writes from
Berlin with a heart-wrenching account of the fate of his family. In only a few lines, Horn
encapsulates the murder of Germany 's Jews: the round-ups, the danger of living under
assumed identities, the efforts of a few who would save Jews undermined by the actions
of traitors, and finally the deportations to certain death at Auschwitz.
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