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Heart and Soul: German, soldier, Jew

Heart and Soul: German, soldier, Jew

FromThe Documentary Podcast


Heart and Soul: German, soldier, Jew

FromThe Documentary Podcast

ratings:
Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After the horrific role played by the German military in the Holocaust, arguably the last place you would expect to find a Jew would be in the German Armed Forces. And yet it is estimated that today there are around 300 practising Jewish military personnel, and since 2021 they have had their own chaplain, the first chief rabbi – and the first non-Christian - in nearly 90 years. With the help of serving personnel and the head of the military rabbinate, Shelly Kupferberg explores what it means to be Jewish in today’s German armed forces. Shelly also hears from Michael Fürst, the very first Jew to sign up after World War Two, who is now the president of the association of Jewish communities of Lower Saxony.
Released:
Aug 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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