Wounded German POWs Heard Their Medic Speak German. Then He Told Them He Was Jewish.

Wounded German prisoners in a tent hospital at Le Mans heard an American surgical technician address them in German. Robert L. Lowenstein had learned the language at Rutgers. He treated prisoners arriving with severe wounds—and remembered telling one of them that he was Jewish. 0:00 German in the ward 1:20 From chemistry to surgery 2:00 The road to Le Mans 2:45 Article 14 and enemy wounded 3:45 The Le Mans hospital network 4:45 Severe cases from the front 5:50 Other POW hospitals 6:55 The young dying patient 8:05 What Lowenstein told a prisoner 8:55 The war outside the ward 9:50 The words he left behind This documentary follows Lowenstein from Union City and Rutgers through Army medical training, Omaha Beach, and the Le Mans tent hospital. It distinguishes his bedside statement from his separate memory of other prisoners attempting to show friendliness after learning that he was Jewish. Sources: https://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/explo... https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_cent... https://achh.army.mil/history/book-ww... https://achh.army.mil/history/book-ww... https://www.med-dept.com/unit-histori... https://www.med-dept.com/unit-histori... https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/st...