World War 2 Talk - View Single Post - German PoWs, 1945-1948

the_historian · 12-04-2008, 12:11 AM

I'd say all of it, Owen, but I was particularly referring to the bit about Germans in Britain being 'slave labourers'...who were adequately fed, clothed and housed, given work on farms which the owner had to apply to the County War Agricultural Committee to get a work party , and then PAY for it to be there.
I can't speak for American and French practise since I haven't studied it, but this just seems to be so much propaganda. I mean, the guy seems to think a camp housing thousands of PoWs can be thrown up in no time, in a war zone, with material shortages and fighting not so many miles distant.
Thousands of Allied PoWs died from sheer neglect in German camps in WW1 and there's no mention.
Does he quote from ICRC reports anywhere? I couldn't see them if he did.

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the_historian Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bannockburn, Scotland Posts: 512	reply I'd say all of it, Owen, but I was particularly referring to the bit about Germans in Britain being 'slave labourers'...who were adequately fed, clothed and housed, given work on farms which the owner had to apply to the County War Agricultural Committee to get a work party , and then PAY for it to be there. I can't speak for American and French practise since I haven't studied it, but this just seems to be so much propaganda. I mean, the guy seems to think a camp housing thousands of PoWs can be thrown up in no time, in a war zone, with material shortages and fighting not so many miles distant. Thousands of Allied PoWs died from sheer neglect in German camps in WW1 and there's no mention. Does he quote from ICRC reports anywhere? I couldn't see them if he did. __________________ Regards, Gordon History Vault Bookshop http://www.UKBookworld.com/members/historyvault Fortress Scotland-http://photobucket.com/albums/y20/Historian/ Last edited by the_historian; 12-04-2008 at 12:15 AM.