The Malmedy Massacre : the war crimes trial controversy /

In the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge, members of a Waffen SS division executed 84 American prisoners of war near the Belgian town of Malmedy - the deadliest incident of its kind involving American soldiers in the European theater. After a long investigation, the U.S. Army tried and convict...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Remy, Steven P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Temas:
1944-1946
Malmedy Massacre, 1944-1945.
Malmedy Trial, Dachau, Germany, 1946.
War crime trials > Public opinion.
Massacre de Malmédy, Belgique, 1944-1945.
Procès (Crimes de guerre) > Opinion publique.
LAW > International.
HISTORY / Military / World War II
Germany > Dachau.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: an American courtroom in Dachau
  • The commitments of a bad reputation: terror war in the Ardennes
  • Now it comes home to us: creating the "Malmedy Massacre"
  • Like a division reunion: launching the investigation
  • The psychological approach: American interrogators
  • Nazi method boys: the first torture allegations
  • A monstrous slaughter machine: the prosecution's case
  • Entirely a heat of battle case: the defense
  • Other battlefields: Willis Everett and the amnesty campaign
  • The sword of public opinion: the torture stories in the U.S.
  • The daring fists of Lieutenant Perl: tales of torture in Schwaebisch Hall
  • Avenging angels: German clergy and the massacre
  • Lie detectors: interrogating American interrogators
  • Red jackets: releasing the prisoners.

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