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"e;GOAT FOR AZAZEL"e; - A WORLD WAR II STORY is the saga of the friendshipbetween two Poles, a Christian and a Jew,against the backdrop of events that enfolded in Europe between 1939-1945.During this six-year span,Henry Kaplinski, a Jew, is forced to live and survive as a Christian. A sequence of events propels him from the Red Army to the German Wehrmacht. At the same time,his childhood friend, Edward Daszkiewicz is drawn closer to Jewish values and culture through his love of a woman who, while raised Catholic,discovers her Jewish roots in the mids of war.The action of the story moves from Soviet-occupied Poland to Finland,Russia,Germany,Italy and England. There is also a parallel sub-plot involvinga U.S.Air Force pilot,Col.Paul Krafchin,who sees action in the European campaign.The various twists and turns of fate alternatively separates and rejoins the characters, always under the constantly-changing and immensely trying circumstances of the war.The novel,much like the film,"e;Saving Private Ryan"e;, uses true historical facts and details to uncover the essential elements of human nature. It is only under difficult times that what is true and real of people becomes revealed. The enduring values ofloyalty,human dignity and freedom are put to test over again in the extreme conditions of deprivation,hunger and fear for one's survival.