Seder-program). Passover Seder, XIII Corps

Known in the European Theater of Operations as CONTROL, assigned to Ninth Army and attached to British 21st Army Group, the US XIII Corps made a spectacular dash to the River Rhine on March 31st 1945, beginning an unending and relentless drive eastward. In 180 days the XIII Corps had progressed to almost 50 miles from Berlin - the closest American troops came to the Nazi capital, just prior to VE-Day. This Seder was held under the auspices of the Jewish Chaplain, Marvin J. Goldfine. The brochure contains the program for the evening(s), as well as several Hebrew songs transliterated. On the final page is a message from A.C. Gillem, Jr., Major General, U.S. Army, Commanding: "At this season, in the midst of crumbling ruins and desolate proof of human fallibility, we again rededicate ourselves to the faiths of our fathers and to the wisdom of Divine guidance. Appropriately, we mark at the same time a restoration of religious freedom to a people long blinded by hate, by fear, by greed and pagan symbolism. May the days immediately ahead bring...the glory of complete and deserved victory for our arms."