Holocaust in GA Comics 1 1

[TheWatcher]

Very interesting

[Theagenes]

Isn't there a Nedor that has a death camp cover like Cap 46 - not just a concentration camp?

[buttock]

I believe there is at least one Atlas war book from the early 50's that references concentration camps

 

I am sure you mean Atrocity Story from Battlefield # 2 in particular Pages 5 and 6 -

 

There is another one as well ... but it's escaping me at the moment. I'll post the info once I remember it.

 

It's a rare day when I beat Scrooge on Atlas, but...

 

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and...

 

I believe this was in Battlefront 9.

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Then there's this one from Men's Adventures 24.

 

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Some like to call Air Ace 2.1 a concentration camp cover, although it strikes me more as a POW camp. Doesn't look like I have a scan of my copy.

 

But we're talking about the holocaust really, and as Mark said it's two different things. To my knowledge, Captain America 46 is the only, the ONLY book to acknowledge what was going on with the holocaust on the cover. Pretty impressive.

[TheSurgeon]

"Master Race" by Krigstein appeared in Impact #1 and many readers think it is one of the best written and drawn comic book stories. It has been reviewed extensively, including a critical review by Art Spiegelman in Squa Tron #5 or 6. Another article about Krigstein written by Spiegelman can be found here.

[sfcityduck]

Some like to call Air Ace 2.1 a concentration camp cover, although it strikes me more as a POW camp. Doesn't look like I have a scan of my copy.

 

But we're talking about the holocaust really, and as Mark said it's two different things. To my knowledge, Captain America 46 is the only, the ONLY book to acknowledge what was going on with the holocaust on the cover. Pretty impressive.

 

Well ... CA 46 came out in April 45. Auschwitz was liberated in January 45 and VE day was in early May 1945. So it might really have been more a matter of the limited time between the truth of the Holocaust becoming public knowledge (1/45) and the end of the war in Germany (5/45).

[buttock]

Some like to call Air Ace 2.1 a concentration camp cover, although it strikes me more as a POW camp. Doesn't look like I have a scan of my copy.

 

But we're talking about the holocaust really, and as Mark said it's two different things. To my knowledge, Captain America 46 is the only, the ONLY book to acknowledge what was going on with the holocaust on the cover. Pretty impressive.

 

Well ... CA 46 came out in April 45. Auschwitz was liberated in January 45 and VE day was in early May 1945. So it might really have been more a matter of the limited time between the truth of the Holocaust becoming public knowledge (1/45) and the end of the war in Germany (5/45).

 

I've had that discussion with others. Seems like the atrocities were more well known than the media would have let on. It may just be the fact that showing those events was not deemed appropriate for kids comics.

[Ger Apeldoorn-migration]

The other story you mention may be City of Slaves with art by Sam Kweskin in Battlefield #9 from March 1953. The splash page can be seen on the Atlas Tales website.

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The other story you mention may be City of Slaves with art by Sam Kweskin in Battlefield #9 from March 1953. The splash page can be seen on the Atlas Tales website.

 

Or in the scans I posted...

[esquirecomics]

BTW, my grandfather was the American Army Chaplain who led the religious services for the survivors at Dachau in May 1945. I co-edited a book detailing the experiences that was published in 2004. If anyone is interested in additional information, just let me know.

 

I would be interested in more info

 

I have had the pleasure of taking a Holocaust survivor to speak at my wife's middle school for the last 3 years, and the experiences she had were both incredible and horrifying. I was very glad I had that opportunity.

 

It is still available through Amazon, both new and used. I would be happy to talk about it further with anyone. It is an amazing book. I only edited it and provided historical context and order. The book is comprised of front-line war reports, personal letters and manuscripts written first-hand by my grandfather. Some of the war accounts, particularly at Dachau, are really chilling.

 

The Gi's Rabbi: World War II Letters Of David Max Eichhorn (Modern War Studies) (Hardcover)

 

Product Description

 

"We saw 39 boxcars loaded with Jewish dead in the Dachau railway yard, 39 carloads of little, shriveled mummies that had literally been starved to death; we saw the gas chambers and crematoria, still filled with charred bones and ashes. And we cried not merely tears of sorrow. We cried tears of hate."

 

He was the soldier in the jeep with the big Star of David, driving from foxhole to foxhole, sometimes under fire, bringing faith and friendship to fighting men. David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany until VE-Day and beyond. He was there at the Battle of the Bulge, participated in the liberation of Dachau, and became embroiled in the behind-the-scenes controversy that led to the execution of Private Eddie Slovik.

 

Eichhorn's letters show us a devoutly religious man trying to cope with the perils of combat and the needs of his fellow soldiers. They are filled with amazing stories and poignant insights as Eichhorn tells about combat experiences, relations with Christian chaplains, encounters with Jewish refugees, and impressions of the defeated Germans. Once he was ordered to hold a Yom Kippur service in a beleaguered French town that was still under attack. It was a tough assignment, but after 350 battle-grimed Jewish soldiers showed up he wrote, "I tell you unashamedly that, for the first time since I have been in France, I broke down and cried." Yet that experience paled before the liberation of Dachau, where he organized the first Shabbat service for the survivors, or the fall of Nuremberg, where he and a handful of Jews held a ceremony of thanksgiving at the site of Hitler's infamous rallies.

 

Eichhorn also writes of French villagers hiding Jews, of the dangers faced by chaplains, and of the place of Jews in U.S. Army ranks. Throughout he vividly conveys the experience of war and how it altered forever a small-town rabbi-a man of faith and courage who never fired a gun in combat.

 

This book is part of the Modern War Studies series.

 

From the Back Cover

 

"This is a wonderful book. Eichhorn's letters provide a compelling glimpse into the everyday life of a gifted rabbi through some of the most difficult times our nation ever experienced. His recollections of combat are poignant and powerful and his struggles to provide for his soldiers show the compassion of a gentle pastor and the passion of a proud and committed Jew."--Michael Berenbaum, author of The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust

 

"Emotional, insightful, and unique, The GI's Rabbi is among the very best personal memoirs of American soldiers in Europe during World War II."--Michael D. Doubler, author of Closing with the Enemy

 

"Elegantly introduced and edited, Eichhorn's letters are amusing, disturbing, and enlightening. . . . A great read."--Gerhard L. Weinberg, author of A World at Arms

[sfcityduck]

Thanks for sharing, Mark. That looks like a fascinating read.

[walclark]

Some like to call Air Ace 2.1 a concentration camp cover, although it strikes me more as a POW camp. Doesn't look like I have a scan of my copy.

 

But we're talking about the holocaust really, and as Mark said it's two different things. To my knowledge, Captain America 46 is the only, the ONLY book to acknowledge what was going on with the holocaust on the cover. Pretty impressive.

 

Here it is:

 

 

I can see it going either way. Prisoners aren't in uniform, but the main character is wearing pretty fancy boots for a concentration camp survivor. I'd probably go with POW uprising or resistance fighters in prison.

 

And I agree, Cap 46 is the only one that truly noted the atrocities associated with the Holocaust.

 

[walclark]

Isn't there a Nedor that has a death camp cover like Cap 46 - not just a concentration camp?

 

I don't have a copy of it to scan, but you may be thinking of Wonder #5. It shows the Grim Reaper busting in on Japanese soldiers machine gunning and flame throwing a bunch of American civilians into a big pit.

[buttock]

Some like to call Air Ace 2.1 a concentration camp cover, although it strikes me more as a POW camp. Doesn't look like I have a scan of my copy.

 

But we're talking about the holocaust really, and as Mark said it's two different things. To my knowledge, Captain America 46 is the only, the ONLY book to acknowledge what was going on with the holocaust on the cover. Pretty impressive.

 

Here it is:

 

 

I can see it going either way. Prisoners aren't in uniform, but the main character is wearing pretty fancy boots for a concentration camp survivor. I'd probably go with POW uprising or resistance fighters in prison.

 

And I agree, Cap 46 is the only one that truly noted the atrocities associated with the Holocaust.

 

There ya go. I'll have to dig mine out and see if the cover goes with the story. The caption makes it seem as though that's Bill Barnes socking the Nazi.

[walclark]

I took a look at my copy. Cover doesn't exactly match the story, but it does involve Bill Barnes being captured and subsequently escaping from a Nazi prison. No barbed wire, no pack of angry POWs with him...just his sidekick, Sandy. No mention of concentration camps, etc. There is an interesting story about how US Navy tactics mimic plays run on the football fields of America. And another about Patton.

[mica]

The artist may have been Paul Reinman.

 

 

The story is signed in the splash page? It is by Paul Reinman.

 

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[TheWatcher]

The artist may have been Paul Reinman.

 

 

The story is signed in the splash page? It is by Paul Reinman.

 

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