Crimes against POWs : responsibility of the Wehrmacht
"When the conference of 47 countries in Geneva wound up its proceedings on 27 July 1929 by adopting a new international Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, it seemed that one chapter in the history of war -- the brutal treatment of those captured in battle -- had come to a close. The road covered over the centuries had been a long one : the wholesale slaughter of prisoners and the ruthless exploitation of their slave labour had gradually given way to respect for the captives' human dignity and, eventually, the elaboration of international legal rules to govern their treatment ... During the Second World War, Germany trampled upon all the rules of international law, including those concerning war prisoners"--Page xv-xvi
xxx, 382 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 21 cm
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Structure of prisoner-of-war system
Crimes against war prisoners in operation areas
Discrimination against certain categories of war prisoners
Murder of members of Allied commando units, shot down airmen and paratroopers
Maltreatment of prisoners of war in transport
Crimes in POW camps
Crimes against escaped prisoners of war
Crimes against prisoners of war in German concentration camps
Medical experiments on war prisoners
Crimes against sick and wounded prisoners of war and war invalids
OKW plans on the eve of defeat
Translation of: Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach wojennych armii regularnych w II wognie światowej