Given Up For Dead American GI's in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga

by Whitlock, Flint

• ISBN13: 9780465091157
• ISBN10: 0465091156
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-28
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

During World War II, prisoners of war were required by the Geneva Conventions to be treated according to established rules. But in late 1944, when a large number of Americans were captured or surrendered during the Battle of the Bulge and elsewhere, their captors had different plans. Those who were Jewish or from some other "undesirable" ethnic or religious group were separated from their fellow captives and sent to the brutal slave-labor camp at Berga. Until now, the story of what these men endured has been a well-guarded secret.

Author Biography

Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Flint Whitlock is a former U.S. Army officer who served on active duty from 1965 to 1970, including a tour in Vietnam. He has been a military historian since 1986 and is the author of Soldiers on Skis, The Rock of Anzio, and The Fighting First. He is a regular contributor to World War II magazine and WW II History magazine. He is the president of the newly formed Colorado Military History Museum, Inc. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Prologue	xi
Raw Recruits	1	(20)
Trial by Fire	21	(16)
The Surprise	37	(16)
Captive	53	(18)
Bad Times at Bad Orb	71	(28)
Caught in a North Wind	99	(20)
The Last Train to Berga	119	(12)
Berga	131	(20)
The End of Hope	151	(16)
Totenmarsch	167	(22)
Liberation	189	(22)
Aftermath	211	(10)
Epilogue	221	(24)
Postscript	245	(2)
Appendix	247	(2)
Notes	249	(16)
Selected Bibliography	265	(8)
Index	273