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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 pages of 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:

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.