My Name Was Alec: A Memoir

My Name Was Alec is the true emotional journey of one man born running from the Nazis to becoming the youngest officer in the Israel Defense Forces. Along the way, he encounters Jewish vigilantes seeking revenge in Germany, survivors of concentration camps seeking hope in a new land, and the British army seeking to keep Jews out of Palestine. His own identity is shattered by the discovery of a photograph. This is also a stirring account of the birth of the State of Israel. By age 14, he is living on a kibbutz overlooking the Jordan Valley. He survives an attack by Arabs yelling "get out Jew," within an inch of his life. At the kibbutz, he meets the heroes of Israel's War of Independence, Arik Sharon and Shimon "Katcha" Cahaner, inspiring him to enlist in the IDF at age 17. As a paratrooper in command of an elite recon unit, he witnesses untold atrocities and suffers a personal loss from which he will not recover. A vivid and intimate account of one man's search for belonging, My Name Was Alec is a moving and personal testament to the endurance of the Jewish people.

• | Author: Allen Jacoby
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Apr 27, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 172 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1093895322
• | ISBN-13: 9781093895322