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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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Description
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
Subject
  • Drechsler, Werner, 1923-1944
  • Camp Papago Park (Ariz.)
  • 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American
  • Prisoner-of-war camps
  • Prison violence
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
  • HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
  • PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
  • TRUE CRIME / Murder
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
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library