1st Edition
German Prisoners of the Second World War in the United States
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
Biography
Amy C. Hudnall holds appointments in the Departments of History and Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University. Hudnall’s work focuses on genocide, perpetrators, and trauma. She was the Interim Director for the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies.
