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Jewish WWII soldier's gravestone in Beny Sur Mer Cemetery

My D-Day75 pilgrimage to Normandy

June 17, 2019 1 Comment

Dateline: Courseulles-sur-Mer, France:             You sure attract a lot of attention when you ride through the streets of Normandy in…

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Filed under: Courseulles Sur mer, CWCG, Dakotas, dday, DDay75, DUKW, John Orrell Levine, Juno Beach Museum, King George, Merit Travel, Nathan Berger, Pegasus Museum, ranville, ted barris, Temple Sons of Israel

Hometowns of Canadian Jewish Military Graves in Normandy, France from the Second World War

May 28, 2014 Leave a comment

                        Name Age Rank Death /burial TORONTO 1. George Meltz Son of Nathan and Rachel…

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Filed under: bayeux, beny sur mer, bretteville sur laize, calais, canadian jewish casualties, dday, hautot sur mer, normandy, ranville, RCAF, second world war
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Biographies by Cemetery of Canadian Jewish casualties in northern France during the Second World War

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Updated Sept. 2020 It was a chance visit to the grave of Bdr. George Meltz in 2011 at the Beny-sur-Mer…

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Filed under: bayeux, beny sur mer, biographies, bretteville sur laize, bubis, calais, canadian jewish casualties second world war, d-day, Dieppe, george meltz, gold, harris, juno beach, normandy, pascal, ranville, RCAF, spevak

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