Thomas Tugend fled Nazi Germany with his family for America . The German philosopher and historian was born in the small town of Bad Tölz near Munich on April 13, 1919. After the war , he joined the Israeli Army and led an anti-tank crew . `` You have to understand , the average German may have known what the Nazis were up to , but I think most of them were just trying to survive , '' he said . He was later recalled by the U.S. Army to serve in the Korean War .
Thomas Tugend fled Nazi Germany with his family for America . The German philosopher and historian was born in the small town of Bad Tölz near Munich on April 13, 1919. After the war , he joined the Israeli Army and led an anti-tank crew . He was later recalled by the U.S. Army to serve in the Korean War .