Alexander Solzhenitsyn in his book 200 Years Together tells us about Jews in Russia and how they got on with each other. The answer is badly. Chapter 21 tells us what Jews did during the Great Patriotic War otherwise World War II. He tells us that they were very good at avoiding real military service, the sort that involves long marches, digging trenches and getting shot at. Jews were involved but largely as senior officers or in the rear echelons. They got away with it but matters did not pass unnoticed. Resentment was there. However Alexander gives no directly accessible evidence to support it. This is not to say that I doubt him for a moment.
His
experience is paralleled by that of the British Army and Commonwealth forces.
Operation Market
Garden is one example of many. You can visit the
Oosterbeek
War Cemetery near
Arnhem, the
scene of
A Bridge Too Far to find graves of the men who did not get back. There are more than 1,500 of
them. As a matter of direct, personal
knowledge I can say that there might be as many as half a dozen stars among the
crosses.
It is the same with
Caterpillar Valley
and other British cemeteries.
Additional Evidence comes from Andrew Joyce writing for the Occidental Observer about Jews Evading Military Service. He says that Jews are aggressive in pursuing their own interests but determined not to serve the countries they happen to be living in. He mentions inter alia The Jews Under Roman Rule.
You would find much the same in the picture at the bottom. It shows graves at Verdun. There are 8 Jews among 23 X 29 = 667 Frenchmen mort pour la patrie. One percent of Jews served for real. The rest hid, sold bad rations to the French army, became war profiteers, what ever.
Evidence is available on line from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. They have registered 1.7 million men and 67,000 civilians. You can search their web site at Debt of Honour looking for the cemeteries; there are hundreds, or for the dead of either world war.
Try searching for Cohen to get 312 hits for two world wars. That is not a lot out of 1.7 million. Try Levy and get 182. Again not a lot. A fair number will be civilians who died during The Blitz when London was taking a beating from the Luftwaffe. Try Goldstein for 50 results in two wars. Other names may spring to mind. Searching for Smith will not work. You will be told that there are over a thousand. There are just too many of them. Narrow it down to one year to get a better feel. Less common British names give results. MacDonald gives 767 dead. Those are just from WWII. MacDonalds heeded the call. Others did not. Try Bush, a fairly common name. It gives 727 known dead for two wars.
It is a matter of adequately provable fact that Jews succeeded in avoiding front line service. This contrasts with their public positions. The Jewish Virtual Library has an article on Jews at the Battle of Arnhem. It was written principally for Jews, claiming that they acted heroically, out of proportion to their numbers in the population. It comes from M Sugarman, Assistant Archivist of AJEX London. Mr. Sugarman tells us that he worked through the CWGC records, the Imperial War Museum's records and various books about the battle. Further that there are 38 known Jews buried at Oosterbeek as distinct from the 6 or less marked as Jews on their headstones. Several are not recorded by the CWGC. The rest might or might not be.
Mr. Sugarman's listing gives:-
283359 & 1922/59/I Pte Anatol Bier - 1st Polish Independent Par Brig
FALSE
6462382 Pte George D R Alexander Emmanuel FALSE
“Goldstein” – veteran Sgt John/Jack Foyer 7018830 1stst [ sic ] Paras was in a
trench with Lonsdale Force and saw a para’s body with ID tag “Goldstein”. [
There are 24 in fact although none fit date and place ]
30053853 Cpl Moszek Groman(u) FALSE
6021874 Sgt Maurice Kalikoff, 27 October 1944 RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Pte Maurice Kingston aka Cohen FALSE
7369132 Sgt Micky/Gerry Myers FALSE
1094468 Sgt Max Rams FALSE
6032180 Pte Alec Louis Taylor FALSE
Harry Yentis - KIA. FALSE
Mr. Sugarman tells us that many Jews lied about their religion when they enlisted but gives us no reason to believe him. The Army is fairly indifferent to a man's background if he has what it takes to serve. Sugarman makes similar claims about Jews in the Royal Air Force in the Jewish Virtual Library. Believe them if you want. I do not.
As a topical foot note Yedioth Ahronoth has just [ 29 August 2010 ] reviewed a book, the "Arab Lobby" by Mitchell Bard, claiming that the Arab Lobby Rules America. Even Yedioth Ahronoth, which is published in Israel does not really pretend to believe it. The author, Mr. Bard works for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee which actually is the most powerful lobby in America.
Further evidence comes from Andrew Joyce in his review of Derek Penslar's book:-
Jews and the Military: A History
Derek Penslar
Princeton
University Press, 2013
“The rate of draft-dodging
for the peasant population in the Pale of Settlement was 6%; for the Jews it
was 34%. Jews evaded the law and misused the court system, even as they
demanded special protection from the authorities.” Professor John Klier,
Russians, Jews and the Pogroms of 1881–1882
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PS You probably do not need the Second Sight
to work out that
Penslar is a Jew with Jew's attitude to the truth. It looks likely that
John Klier was not a
Jew and not a liar.
PS Mr. Joyce's article,
Jews and the Military gives a very informative look at the whole
question.
An Englishman
Verdun
This is also
from Verdun. There is not a Jew to be seen in the front blocks.