The fifteen : murder, retribution, and the forgotten story of Nazi POWs in America / William Geroux.
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.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Prisoner-of-war camps > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
Prisoners of war > Germany > History > 20th century.
Germans > United States > History > 20th century.
Murder > United States > History > 20th century. - Genre:
- True crime stories.
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- 19 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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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.
