German Prisoners of the Second World War in the United States (eBook)

Foreword: Then and Now: POWs in West Germany after World War II Peter Petschauer 1. Introduction 2. International Law and the POW 3. A Brief Overview of American Camp Policy and Life 4. A Flood of Prisoners: The British and American Relationship to Managing POWS 5. Policy Problems: Segregation 6. [Un]Foreseen Consequences: Problems Created by the Prisoner of War Policy 7. Germans and American: American Stigma of the German POW and the Power of Fraternization 8. Employing Prisoners of War and the American Economy 9. Recreation 10. A Bird's Eye View: Camp Concordia and Camp Campbell 11. War Rages Unchecked: German POW Case Studies and American Military Trials 12. Trauma and the POW: Examples of Prisoner Treatment that Could Lead to the Onset of PTSD 13. The War's End and Reeducation 14. Conclusion: Where Do Go from Here? 15. Endmatter: Table of Murders and Assaults in Camps in the United States, 25 November 1943 to 24 March 1944