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\"\"<\/a>Corporal Herbert Blum sent this Purim card (issued by the Jewish Welfare Board) home to his parents in Jersey City. Blum worked for the Army Air Forces as a cryptographic technician during WWII. He served in Europe with the 327th Signal Company, 8th Air Force in 1944 and 1945.<\/p>\n

His eloquent and poignant words:<\/p>\n

“Dear Folks,<\/p>\n

History repeats itself in every detail as the modern Haman rushes toward his due end. Perhaps next Purim we shall celebrate doubly a triumph over evil and racial prejudice.<\/p>\n

All my love, Sonny.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blum was not the only person to make the connection between the Nazi leader and the villain of the Megillah. But the observation from a young Jewish man from Jersey City in the midst of the war is an important one.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corporal Herbert Blum sent this Purim card (issued by the Jewish Welfare Board) home to his parents in Jersey City. Blum worked for the Army Air Forces as a cryptographic technician during WWII. He served in Europe with the 327th Signal Company, 8th Air Force in 1944 and 1945. His eloquent and poignant words: “Dear Folks, History repeats… Read More »CPL Herbert Blum: Hitler as the Modern Haman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[34,20,24],"yoast_head":"\nCPL Herbert Blum: Hitler as the Modern Haman - National Museum of American Jewish Military History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nmajmh.org\/2017\/03\/cpl-herbert-blum-hitler-as-the-modern-haman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CPL Herbert Blum: Hitler as the Modern Haman - National Museum of American Jewish Military History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Corporal Herbert Blum sent this Purim card (issued by the Jewish Welfare Board) home to his parents in Jersey City. 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