The fifteen : murder, retribution, and the forgotten story of Nazi POWs in America

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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:: 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.