German Enemy Aliens’, Hans and several others opted to volunteer for the ‘JEWISH BRIGADE’. It was because of his service with the Brigade that Hans would find a way to fulfill his dream to go to Palestine.
Gad Meiry was born 1924 in Essen, Germany. He lived thru Kristallnacht.
THE JOURNEY FROM ESSEN is about his experience during WW II.
He came to America in 1951 to study cross breeding of Beef cattle at the King Ranch in Kingsville Texas. He studied Milk production at Macarthur Dairy in Florida.
In New York he worked at several jobs. He founded a successful Travel Agency. Gad was instrumental in producing the largest Sugar Commodity deal for the United States. He assisted in organizing the Taxi Drivers Union, now Local 3036 AFL-CIO, in conjunction with Hayman Bailim. He founded Executive Livery Ltd. He’s accredited with a Patent for a Prefabricated Home Design.
After serving with the Jewish Brigade, he returned to Palestine, where he lived in a Kibbutz and served in the IDF when Palestine became the State of Israel. Then, because of medical reasons, he returned to the U.S.
The author has 2 children from his first wife. He now resides with his present wife in Florida.