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Death at Papago Park POW Camp : a tragic murder and America's last mass execution / Jane Eppinga

Title: Death at Papago Park POW Camp : a tragic murder and America's last mass execution / Jane Eppinga
Author: Eppinga, Jane, 1936-
Publication: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017.

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127 pages : illustrations, photographs; 23 cm

Summary

"World War II came to Arizona via two significant avenues: prisoner-of-war camps and military training bases. Notorious for its prisoners' attempted escape through the Faustball Tunnel, Papago POW Camp also had a dark reputation of violence among its prisoners. An unfortunate casualty was Werner Drechsler, who supplied German secrets to U.S. Navy authorities after his capture in 1943. Nazis held there labeled him a traitor and hanged him from a bathroom rafter. Controversy erupted over whether the killing was an act of war or murder, as well as the lack of protection Drechsler received for aidign in espionage. Ultimately, seven POWs were hanged for the crime. Author Jane Eppinga examines the tangled details and implications of America's last mass execution." -- Backcover.

Alternative Title

Tragic murder and America's last mass execution

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Genre/Form

True crime stories
Biographies

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Day of infamy -- Divebomb to hell -- Sunday in the park -- Confessions and court-martial -- Conviction and appeals -- Execution -- Appendix A. Articles of war -- Appendix B. Crew list of the U-118.

ISBN

9781467135764 (pbk.)
1467135763 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2017931815

OCLC

973803874
SCSB-12910126

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Harvard Library