‘The Fifteen’ Review: Lives in Captivity
The U.S. hoped that if German POWs were treated humanely, Germany would reciprocate in its treatment of American prisoners.
‘The Fifteen’ delves into forgotten history of Nazi POWs on U.S. soil
Author William Geroux finds a compelling true-crime angle in a series of camp murders, as well as international intrigue in a ...
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‘The Fifteen’ Review: Lives in Captivity
During World War II, the U.S. began amassing huge numbers of German prisoners when the Afrika Korps, the Wehrmacht’s elite desert troops, surrendered to the Allied forces at Tunisia in May 1943.