As the shadow of the Third Reich falls across Europe, Winston Churchill forms a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain: a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Drawing on interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Germany to England and back again, to the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and Terezin concentration camp—the scene of one of the most dramatic rescues of the war.