Five Years Behind Hitler S Barbed Wire
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Five Years Behind Hitler S Barbed Wire
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Author : Henri Natter
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-10-30
Five Years Behind Hitler S Barbed Wire written by Henri Natter and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-30 with History categories.
On July 3, 1940, 5,000 exhausted and hungry French officers reached a high plateau of the Moravian Mountain range in Austria. Prisoners of war of the Third Reich, they had arrived at Oflag XVIIA, a quad of grim looking barracks encircled by barbed wire, their new home for the next five years. Determined to maintain their dignity and show their "fierce will" to resist, they immediately organized and within a year created a dynamic community, complete with a university, library, newspaper, theater, orchestra and sport teams. More than 20 clandestine radios connected them with the outside world. In 1943, they executed the largest Allied POW escape of the war with 132 escapees, twice as many as the famed "Great Escape" from Colditz. Seventy years after their liberation, this translation with commentary of two officers' diaries reveals a never before told story of struggle and triumph.
Barbed Wire Diplomacy
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Author : Neville Wylie
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2010-03-25
Barbed Wire Diplomacy written by Neville Wylie and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-25 with History categories.
Barbed Wire Diplomacy examines how the United Kingdom government went about protecting the interests, lives and well-being of its prisoners of war (POWs) in Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1945. The comparatively good treatment of British prisoners in Germany has largely been explained by historians in terms of rational self-interest, reciprocity, and influence of Nazi racism, which accorded Anglo-Saxon servicemen a higher status than other categories of POWs. By contrast, Neville Wylie offers a more nuanced picture of Anglo-German relations and the politics of prisoners of war. Drawing on British, German, United States and Swiss sources, he argues that German benevolence towards British POWs stemmed from London's success in working through neutral intermediaries, notably its protecting power (the United States and Switzerland) and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to promote German compliance with the 1929 Geneva convention, and building and sustaining a relationship with the German government that was capable of withstanding the corrosive effects of five years of warfare. Expanding our understanding of both the formulation and execution of POW policy in both capitals, the book sheds new light on the dynamics in inter-belligerent relations during the war. It suggests that while the Second World War should be rightly acknowledged as a conflict in which traditional constraints were routinely abandoned in the pursuit of political, strategic and ideological goals, in this important area of Anglo-German relations, customary international norms were both resilient and effective.
Behind The Barbed Wire
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Author : Gwendolyn Chabrier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-06
Behind The Barbed Wire written by Gwendolyn Chabrier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Seventy years and at least three generations have passed since the abomination of the Holocaust was inflicted by the Nazis on the Jewish population of eastern Europe. And yet the singular horror and monstrosity of those events does not fade with time, and nor should it ever. As this book goes to press, the headlines of the New York Times announces yet one more of the perpetrators brought to justice (Demjanjuk Convicted for Role in Nazi Death C& May 12th, 2011). Behind the Barbed Wire vividly and eloquently records the memories of one who lived through, and miraculously survived, the Nazi atrocities inflicted on Latvian Jews during WWII. This graphic, at times harrowing and always mesmerizing true account should be required reading for all who hold hope that mankind will never again witness such depravity.
Behind Barbed Wire
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Author : Deborah G. Lindsay
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2020
Behind Barbed Wire written by Deborah G. Lindsay and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
Most people associate concentration camps with Nazi Germany. Behind Barbed Wire examines how these notorious World War II camps actually reflected a previous use of the system, a system that began almost a century earlier. In truth, Adolf Hitler had studied the American Indian Reservations as he plotted his regime's attack on European Jews and other minorities. Remarkably, in the years between the reservations and the Nazi camps, the United States, along with several other Western powers, implemented concentration camps throughout the globe, each instance employing more and more barbaric measures with harsher and harsher outcomes. Behind Barbed Wire explains how these nations dubiously justified camp operations by citing military counterinsurgency tactics, containment policies, and simply the ability to prosecute war more easily. This brief history addresses the subliminal reasons for relocating hundreds of thousands of civilians, why the system became so prevalent, and how concentration camps existed under the cover of armed conflict. It argues that, most often, camps can be facilitated only under the guise of war. Anyone with an interest in military history, World War II, concentration camps, and the plight of the Jews will discover how all these topics converge into a compelling story of war, bigotry, and military might. Behind Barbed Wire also sheds light on the concentration camp systems that have been employed since the fall of the Nazi dictatorship. With current geopolitical issues focusing on elitism, xenophobia, deplorables, terrorism, and military necessity, this book offers some understanding about the unintended consequences of policy.
Guests Behind The Barbed Wire
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Author : Ruth Beaumont Cook
language : en
Publisher: Ruth Beaumont Cook
Release Date : 2007
Guests Behind The Barbed Wire written by Ruth Beaumont Cook and has been published by Ruth Beaumont Cook this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Aliceville (Ala.) categories.
A significant and unique contribution to World War II literature, this book chronicles in meticulous detail the building and operation of the largest German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in the United States in Aliceville, Alabama. This history discusses how the residents of Aliceville helped build, operate, and supply the camp, as well as become inextricably intertwined with camp life and the 6,000 German POWs held there. Focusing on the relations between the captured Germans and local Americans, this title investigates the nature of war, peace, and the principles of human dignity.
Soviet Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Soviet Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Russian literature categories.
Motion Picture Herald
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1938
Motion Picture Herald written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1938 with Motion pictures categories.
Pandemonium
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Author : Janet Cardiff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Pandemonium written by Janet Cardiff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Site-specific installations (Art) categories.
Pow Behind Canadian Barbed Wire
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Author : David J. Carter
language : en
Publisher: Elkwater, Alta. : Eagle Butte Press
Release Date : 1998
Pow Behind Canadian Barbed Wire written by David J. Carter and has been published by Elkwater, Alta. : Eagle Butte Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Prisoner-of-war camps categories.
The Nazis Next Door
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Author : Eric Lichtblau
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2014-10-28
The Nazis Next Door written by Eric Lichtblau and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with History categories.
A Newsweek Best Book of the Year: “Captivating . . . rooted in first-rate research” (The New York Times Book Review). In this New York Times bestseller, once-secret government records and interviews tell the full story of the thousands of Nazis—from concentration camp guards to high-level officers in the Third Reich—who came to the United States after World War II and quietly settled into new lives. Many gained entry on their own as self-styled war “refugees.” But some had help from the US government. The CIA, the FBI, and the military all put Hitler’s minions to work as spies, intelligence assets, and leading scientists and engineers, whitewashing their histories. Only years after their arrival did private sleuths and government prosecutors begin trying to identify the hidden Nazis. Now, relying on a trove of newly disclosed documents and scores of interviews, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Eric Lichtblau reveals this little-known and “disturbing” chapter of postwar history (Salon).