Jewish Soldiers in Nazi Captivity: American and British Prisoners of War during the Second World War

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Jewish Soldiers in Nazi Captivity: American and British Prisoners of War during the Second World War
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Acronyms
List of Figures
Introduction
	POWs in German Hands—theNumbers
	Historiographic Review
	Current Explanations for the Treatment of Jewish POWs
	Primary Sources Review
	The German POW Organization
	Summary
1. American and British Jewish POWs in German POW Camps
	Introduction
	Capture and Transit
		The Capture Experience of American and British Jewish Soldiers
		The Capture Experience of Palestinian Jewish Soldiers
	In the Camp
		Overview
		American and British Jewish POWs
		Palestinian Jewish POWs in Stalag VIII-B(Lamsdorf)
	Outside the Camp
		Judicial Proceedings
		Medical Treatment
		Escapes
	Conclusion
2. Being a Jewish Soldier in Nazi Captivity
	Introduction
	Capture
	Palestinian Jewish Identity in German POW Camps
	Segregation
	Transnational Jewish Identity: The Encounter with Holocaust Victims
	Religious and Cultural Activity
	Funerals
	Conclusion
3. Segregation of American and British Jewish POWs
	Introduction
	Segregation in the Geneva Convention and OKW Orders
	POW Camps under the Wehrmacht: Initial Segregation Cases
	POW Camps under Himmler: Segregations in 1945
	Identifying Jewish POWs
	International Reaction to Segregation
	Conclusion
4. Why Were They Kept Alive? Explaining the Nazi Treatment of Jewish POWs
	Introduction
	The Commander-in-Chief:Hitler
	The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)
	Interaction between the RSHA and the NSDAP and the Wehrmacht
	The Kriegsgefangenenwesen (POW Office)
	Explaining the Fate of Non-Soviet Jewish POWs
		The Role of the POW Office
		The Absence of a Führer Order
	Conclusion
Conclusion
APPENDIX A: Sample of POW Commanders and Camp Commandants
Bibliography
	Primary Sources
	Secondary Literature
Index