Death at Papago Park POW Camp: A Tragic Murder and America's Last Mass ExecutionArcadia Publishing, 2017 - 127 Seiten 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 aiding 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. |
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Acknowledgements | 5 |
Divebomb to Hell | 29 |
Sunday in the Park | 54 |
Confessions and Courtmartial | 69 |
Conviction and Appeals | 96 |
Appendix A Articles of War | 109 |
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Death at Papago Park POW Camp: A Tragic Murder and America's Last Mass Execution Jane Eppinga Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
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accused admitted American anti-Nazi Arizona arrived Article Article of War attack Baldwin Bernhard Reyak Camp Florence Camp Papago Park Captain Jerry Mason’s cell Church class 19 class 20 confession consulate court court-martial Courtesy National Archives Courtesy of Captain crew Czygan Drechsler’s barracks Eley executioners faustball tunnel Fireman 3 class Fort Hunt Fort Leavenworth Fort Meade Friedrich Murza Fritz Franke Geneva Convention German prisoners guard Guenther Kuelsen Guggenberger hang Drechsler Heinrich Ludwig Helmut Fischer Hitler Holden insisted interrogation IRR Box 338 Japanese Jerry Mason’s Retd Judge Advocate Kapitzky knew Leavenworth Lieutenant Mandelkow Matrosenobergefreiter Seaman military Nazi Nieswand Ninth Service Command Otto Stengel Papago Park prisoners Pearl Harbor Poust POWs prisoner of war Rolf Wizuy Schmidt Seaman 1 class served Siegfried Elser soldiers Stimson submarine testified told Towle traitor U-boat Archive U.S. Navy Walsh Washington Wattenberg Werner Drechsler Werner Reinl World World War II Zabel