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American Prisoners of War in German Death, Concentration, and Slave Labor Camps.


American Prisoners Of War prisoners of war, in international law, persons captured by a belligerent while fighting in the military. International law includes rules on the treatment of prisoners of war but extends protection only to combatants.  In German Death, Concentration, And Slave Labor Camps Noun 1. labor camp - a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor
labour camp

camp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"
 

Daniel B. Drooz

The Edwin Mellen Press

PO Box 450, Lewiston, NY 14092-0450

www.edwinmellenpress.com

0773466576 $119.95 1-716-754-2788

A grimly factual history, American Prisoners Of War In German Death, Concentration, And Slave Labor Camps: German's Lethal Policy In The Second World War is a seminal and core contribution to World War II Military History collections and supplemental reading lists. Enhanced with extensive appendices ap·pen·di·ces  
n.
A plural of appendix.
 of original and primary materials, as well as a glossary, a selected bibliography for further study, and an extensive index, American Prisoners Of War In German Death, Concentration, And Slave Labor Camps proceeds to provide an academically rigorous compilation of direct interviews, followed by chapters focusing on the German record with respect to treaty and law regarding POWs; German security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the ; German POW laws and regulations; the German Commissar Order The Commissar Order (German: Kommissarbefehl) was a written order given by Adolf Hitler on 6 June 1941, prior to Operation Barbarossa. Its official name was Guidelines for the Treatment of Political Commissars. ; and much, much more. No military academy or academic library World War II Military History collection can be considered either complete or comprehensive without the inclusion of Daniel Drooz's American Prisoners Of War In German Death, Concentration, And Slave Labor Camps.
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Date:Sep 1, 2004
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