Summary of Leah Garrett's X Troop

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 In September 1937, the young man who would become Colin Anson sat with his father at a beer hall in Frankfurt. He was only 15 years old, and it was exciting for him to enter the grown-up world of the Bierhalle.

#2 The beer hall was packed with German American tourists. The atmosphere was tense, and the only sound was Lorna thumping her tail against the sawdust-covered floor. Colin’s father, who was Jewish, was arrested for speaking out against the Nazis.

#3 In 1937, when Colin was fifteen, his father was taken away by the Nazis. The death of his father was the defining moment of his life. He had always idolized Curt, and saw him as a role model of the type of man he wanted to be.

#4 Colin’s father had protected him from the knowledge that he was Jewish, but when he was told that he was half Jewish, his views on the Nazis changed almost immediately. The situation for the Jews of Frankfurt became much worse after the Night of Broken Glass in 1938, when thousands of Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669386063

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Insights on Leah Garrett's X Troop

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In September 1937, the young man who would become Colin Anson sat with his father at a beer hall in Frankfurt. He was only 15 years old, and it was exciting for him to enter the grown-up world of the Bierhalle.

#2

The beer hall was packed with German American tourists. The atmosphere was tense, and the only sound was Lorna thumping her tail against the sawdust-covered floor. Colin’s father, who was Jewish, was arrested for speaking out against the Nazis.

#3

In 1937, when Colin was fifteen, his father was taken away by the Nazis. The death of his father was the defining moment of his life. He had always idolized Curt, and saw him as a role model of the type of man he wanted to be.

#4

Colin’s father had protected him from the knowledge that he was Jewish, but when he was told that he was half Jewish, his views on the Nazis changed almost immediately. The situation for the Jews of Frankfurt became much worse after the Night of Broken Glass in 1938, when thousands of Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

#5

The story of Colin Redlinski is a prime example of how the Nazis would trap Jewish children in Germany and send them to concentration camps. Colin’s mother tried to get him out of Germany by getting him on a Kindertransport train to Britain, but the Nazis stopped the train in Holland.

#6

In 1938, Peter Masters, a Jewish teenager, was obsessed with the Austrian national soccer team. He wanted to watch the final game between Germany and Austria, a celebration of Austria returning to the Reich. He couldn’t give the Nazi salute, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out his binoculars.

#7

The Anschluss was the Nazi declaration that Austria was going