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My husband=92s grandfather also served in the army but I have no =
information about that. =20
Peggy Walt, Owner/President
Cultural Affairs Consulting & Promotion
1240 Edward Street Halifax NS B3H 3H4
peggy_at_culturalaffairs.ca
> On Jul 31, 2017, at 1:28 PM, mike.office <mike.office_at_ntlworld.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> My grandfather (Simon Fuhr) also fought in World War one on the
> Austro-German side. Ironically when he fled Vienna to escape Hitler in =
1939
> and landed in England, his war record led to his prompt internment in =
Ramsay
> on the Isle of Man. Though he did not like being taken there against =
his
> will, he said that the camaraderie of the other internees was a =
comfort and
> there was a thriving little Viennese Jewish society in microcosm.
>=20
> Apparently he was offered a field commission =96 unusual for a Jewish =
soldier
> =96 but rejected it because, as a junior officer, he would be expected =
to be
> the first one over the top. I guess that is one of the reasons that I =
am
> here today!
>=20
> Best wishes
> Mike
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