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Vizefeldwebel Fritz Beckhardt (27 March 1889 – 13 January 1962), was a German Jewish fighter ace in World War I.〔''Der Jude mit dem Hakenkreuz. Meine deutsche Familie. (The Jew with the Swastika. My German Family.)'' () Retrieved 29 September 2015.〕〔Aerodrome website () Retrieved 29 September 2015.〕〔Aerodrome website medals () Retrieved 29 September 2015.〕 The Nazis later expunged him from Luftwaffe history because his valorous war record of 17 aerial victories belied their assertions that Jews were inherently cowardly.〔http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.flieger-album.de/logbuch.php&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.flieger-album.de/logbuch.php%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us〕 == Early life == Fritz Beckhardt was born in Wallertheim, Rheinhessen, Germany. His father was Abraham Beckhardt.〔〔 Prior to World War I, he had worked in a grocery store, then in a menswear warehouse in Hamburg.〔〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/people/18651-fritz-beckhardt.html〕 As part of his apprenticeship in textiles, he worked in Bingen, Hadamar, and Hamburg. During this prewar period, he served in Infanterie-Regiment No. 143 from 1907 to 1909.〔 By 1914, he was working in an uncle's clothing factory in Marseilles, France. He repatriated himself to Germany to once again serve in the infantry, until 1916.〔〔 On 3 August 1914, Beckhardt volunteered to serve in Company 12 of Infanterie-Regiment Graf Bose (1. Thüringisches) Nr. 31. On 30 November, he transferred to Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 86. During his service with this regiment, he earned both the First and Second Class Iron Cross.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fritz Beckhardt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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