Thanks buddy. This is really interesting information rgarding Frankl's last fight. I am using a German Jew, who is a pilot, as one of the heroes in my book The "Wraithes of Flanders." There were two schools of thought amongst the Jews in Germany at the start of World War I. One was the "accomodationists" (spelling), who sought to assimilate as much as possible into German society and then there were the Zionists who were constantly trying to raise funds and settlers to reclaim the Holy Land.
At the beginning of the war the Kaiser gave a speech that basicially said "Jew or Gentile; we're all in this together." But reality was something different, by 1917 the German Army conducted a survey of all its units to ascertain if the Jews were actually fighting or hiding in soft rear echelon jobs. The survey proved that the Jews were dying in ther trenches at the same rate as everybody elae, but for some reason the German Army never released the results to the public, who continued to harbor mistrust towards the Jews.
When the first Jewish inmates were marched in Dachau by the Nazis, some of the WWI veterans proudly wore their WWI medals.
In my humble opinion, Frankl represented the highest level of success for a German Jew in WWI .
BTW I am doing well following my heart attack. It was a Jim Dandy. Climbing stairs is still a challenge and I have trouble catching my breath. Also I have to limit my teasing of Stephen in the "OFF TOPIC" Section of the Forum.
Other than that, things are fine. VR, Scott