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1 online resource (xvii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Studies in American history ; v. 51 |
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Studies in American history (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 51.
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AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMAN DEATH, CONCENTRATION, AND SLAVE LABOR CAMPS: Germany's Lethal Policy in the Second World War; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: Truth Reported Ignored and Lost; Chapter Two: German Policy; Chapter Three: Interviews; Chapter Four: German Record in Treaty and Law; Chapter Five: German Security Services; Chapter Six: German POW Laws; Chapter Seven: German Commissar Order; Chapter Eight: The Commando Order; Chapter Nine: Enforcing POW Policy in Germany Dikal and Nacht Und Nebel; Chapter Ten: Kugel Order |
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Chapter Eleven: Air Terrorist and Lynch JusticeChapter Twelve: POW Diet; Chapter Thirteen: Murder with Intent; Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Appendix I; Appendix J; Appendix K; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Using 16 personal interviews, government documents from Germany and the US, the author explores the experience of American POWs who were held in German concentration, death and slave labor camps. The work provides detailed accounts that document the presence of American POWs in these camps, and explores the reasons why the US government systematically suppressed information about them. It affirms that German policy was to kill as many prisoners as possible from all the allied nations, and systematically legalized its actions. It shows that the murder of POWs in death and concentration camps wa |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-329) and index |
| Notes |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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Prisoners of war -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany.
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Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Germany
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Nazi concentration camp inmates -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Germany
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Forced labor
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Internment camps
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Atrocities
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Nazi concentration camp inmates
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Prisoners of war
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Amerikanischer Kriegsgefangener
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Germany
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United States
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Deutschland
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773417014 |
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077341701X |
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