Summary An English G.I. - A Yorkshire Schoolboy in the U.S. 26th Infantry Division "The English GI is a charming and indeed moving graphic account of Bernard Sandler's wartime experience." Sir Max Hastings, author and historian In September 1939, Britain declares war on Germany. Bernard Sandler, a 17-year-old schoolboy from Yorkshire, is on a school trip to the United States and consequently finds himself unable to return home, separated from his close-knit Jewish family in Britain. Stranded in cosmopolitan New York for an unknown duration, he must grow up quickly. He discovers the pleasures and excitement of Broadway theatre and jazz while developing his own social circle at New York University. But just as he finds his independence, the United States declares war in December 1941, which changes his life once again. Bernard is drafted into the United States Army, joining the 26th Infantry "Yankee" Division. Eventually, he returns to Europe, serving on the front lines alongside General Patton's Third Army during the brutal Lorraine Campaign in Northern France in the fall of 1944. In today's show, Jonathan Sandler, Bernard's Grandson joins us to share this story and how he turned the remarkable story of Bernard's family in England, his war in Europe and the fate of his wider family in Latvia, during this period into a Graphic Novel.

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