Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final

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Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble

In February of 1945, 350 American POWs, selected because they were Jews, thought to resemble Jews or simply by malicious caprice, were transported by cattle car to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany. Here, the soldiers were worked to death, starved and brutalized; more than twenty percent died from this horrific treatment.

This is one of the last untold stories of World War II, and Roger Cohen re-creates it in all its blistering detail. Ground down by the crumbling Nazi war machine, the men prayed for salvation from the Allied troops, yet even after their liberation, their story was nearly forgotten. There was no aggressive prosecution of the commandants of the camp and the POWs received no particular recognition for their sacrifices. Cohen tells their story at last, in a stirring tale of bravery and depredation that is essential for any reader of World War II history.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Anchor
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385722315
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2006-04-11
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780385722315

Country	USA
Brand	Anchor Books
Manufacturer	Anchor
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385722315
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2006-04-11
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780385722315

Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble

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