A 100-year-old Jewish Army veteran deals with anti-Semitism in his unit during his World War II service as he meets victims of the Holocaust.
Jesse Schraub
Jesse Schraub was born in August 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, to a Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish family. Raised primarily by his grandmother after the sudden death of his young mother, he studied chemical engineering at City College until he was drafted in 1943 and deployed with Company A, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion, to Normandy after D-Day. In December 1944, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. In 1945, he served in Occupied Germany, including after Victory in Europe Day. Following an honorable discharge in 1946, he studied and practiced accounting until the age of 94. Jesse and his beloved Esther were married for 68 years and raised three daughters.
