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Soldiers and Slaves American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble

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ISBN-10: 0385722311

ISBN-13: 9780385722315

Edition: N/A

Authors: Roger Cohen

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In February of 1945, 350 American POWs, selected because they were Jews, thought to resemble Jews or simply by malicious caprice, were transported by cattle car to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany. Here, the soldiers were worked to death, starved and brutalized; more than twenty percent died from this horrific treatment. This is one of the last untold stories of World War II, and Roger Cohen re-creates it in all its blistering detail. Ground down by the crumbling Nazi war machine, the men prayed for salvation from the Allied troops, yet even after their liberation, their story was nearly forgotten. There was no aggressive prosecution of the commandants of the camp and the…    
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Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.99" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Roger Cohen is a columnist for the New York Times. As foreign editor, he oversaw Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage in the aftermath of 9/11. He worked as a foreign correspondent for many years, beginning at Reuters. He has won numerous accolades and was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the International Media Awards in 2012. Raised in South Africa and London, a naturalized American, he lives in London and New York.@NYTimesCohen

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Epilogue
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Acknowledgments
Index