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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 /
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 expl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
E. Mellen Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Studies in American history (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;
v. 51. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-329) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773417014 077341701X |