Love, Abe: A Jewish GI's World War II Letters Home

A STORY OF WARTIME LIFE, LOVE, AND SERVICE

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 Love, Abe, 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...