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Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992 to Grandma and Grandpa

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09662.057 Author/Creator: Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992 Place Written: Fort Bragg, North Carolina Type: Letter signed Date: 2 August 1941 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One letter addressed to S. and Mrs. S. Friedman from Warren Schwartz dated August 2, 1941. Considers not loaning some of the men in his brigade for fear of feeding into the stereotype of being "a dirty Jew."

Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992
Friedman, Solomon, 1866-1942
Friedman, Sarah, 1868-?

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