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RE: The beatings of the crew of U-546
Posted by: Craig McLean ()
Date: April 28, 2001 01:39AM

<HTML>The reference to Otto Stengel is entirely accurate. US authorities engaged in torture of German POWs. Criminal acts under the Geneva Convention. But we won the war, and so no one was hung.

Yet 7 U-boat men were eventually hanged at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, just after the war was over. These 7 men did what any other POW would be expected to do--silence an informer among them.

I have read their account, seen the movie special, and visited their graves nearby with flowers and flags just this last September.

It is a sad story of WWII. These men should have been returned home to Germany once the war was over.

Best,
Craig</HTML>

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unpleasant topic/beatings interrogations eric petersen 04/24/2001 02:59PM
RE: unpleasant topic/beatings interrogations Ken Dunn 04/24/2001 06:00PM
The beatings of the crew of U-546 Dave McQueen 04/24/2001 09:05PM
RE: The beatings of the crew of U-546 Craig McLean 04/28/2001 01:39AM
RE: The beatings of the crew of U-546 Craig McLean 04/28/2001 01:53AM
Re: RE: The beatings of the crew of U-546 KD 01/16/2015 09:58PM


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