American prisoners of war in German death, concentration, and slave labor camps : Germany's lethal policy in the Second World War /

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Author / Creator:Drooz, Daniel B.
Imprint:Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, ©2004.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 337 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:English
Series:Studies in American history ; v. 51
Studies in American history (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 51.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11166161
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ISBN:9780773417014
077341701X
0773466576
9780773466579
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-329) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Drooz, Daniel B. American prisoners of war in German death, concentration, and slave labor camps. Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, ©2004 0773466576