Between amnesty and anti-communism: the West German Kameradenschinder Trials, 1948-1960
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Between amnesty and anti-communism: the West German Kameradenschinder Trials, 1948-1960
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5405/0002
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05729I
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]New Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2002
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp138-160
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]1565846540
NotesArticle from the book 'Crimes of war' pp138-160
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Discusses the 'Kameradenschinder 'trials which took place in West Germany between the late 1940s and early 1960s. They concentrated on former POW's who had collaborated with their Soviet or Eastern European captors by assuming official functions in the administration of the camps or by engaging in political reeducation efforts as "antifascist activists."