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The fifteen : murder, retribution, and the forgotten story of Nazi POWs in America / William Geroux.

Summary:

The true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593594254
ISBN: 0593594258
Physical Description: xxi, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Crown, [2025]
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-356) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Cast of characters -- Prologue: A chair and a clothesline -- Part I: Life and death in the Fritz Ritz. From Afrika and the sea ; "I just didn't lose" ; Incoming ; The Fritz Ritz ; Little Germanies ; "No place for a priest" ; Secret verdicts -- Part II: In German hands. King Kong in a cage ; Wrong side of the river ; The bastards get lucky -- Part III: Wartime justice. "A Gestapo on the free soil of Kansas" ; The Rollkommando ; "Reeducating" the Nazis ; Blind drop ; "The Dachau treatment" ; Boiling point ; Bargaining chips ; "I could not do otherwise" ;"Nasty smiles" -- Part IV: Hostage diplomacy. A startling offer ; Pandemonium ; Hostage diplomacy ; "Unfavorably terminated" ; The elevator shaft ; "Everything comes out under the sun" ; Closing the ledger -- Notes on sources.