Writing Against Infamy: Selected Letters of Harold Kirson, 1943-1945

A rare documentation of a Jewish American serviceman in the war

Writing Against Infamy presents a personal account of the Second World War through the cor­respondence of Harold Kirson, a Jewish American soldier and ambulance driver in Patton’s Third Army. Drawn from an archive of more than 600 letters, the collection chronicles the rhythms of his wartime life: evacuating wounded soldiers, securing daily necessities, maintaining relationships, navigating Jewish identity and belonging, and gra...