From Refugee to Officer: The Manfred Gans Collection

In 1938, Manfred Gans left his parents’ home in Germany for the United Kingdom. After World War II began, he was interned as an enemy alien. He volunteered to serve in an elite British unit made up of German native speakers and later took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

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• Holocaust Encyclopedia—German Jewish Refugees, 1933–1939

• Holocaust Encyclopedia—Theresienstadt

• Holocaust Encyclopedia—D-Day

• Collections Highlight—Remembering D-Day 70 Years Later