Allied internment camps in occupied Germany : extrajudicial detention in the name of denazification, 1945-1950 / Andrew H. Beattie, University of New South Wales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beattie, Andrew H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoner-of-war camps--Germany--History--20th century.

Prisoner-of-war camps.

Internment camps--Germany--History--20th century.

Internment camps.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.

World War, 1939-1945.

Prisoners of war--Germany--History--20th century.

Prisoners of war.

Military government.

History.

Denazification.

Germany.

World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.

Denazification--Germany--History--20th century.

Germany--History--1945-1955.

Military government--Germany--History--20th century.

Nazi concentration camps.

Concentration camps--Germany--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 248 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Extrajudicial detention in the name of denazification, 1945-1950

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Between 1945 and 1950, approximately 130,000 Germans were interned in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including in former Nazi concentration camps. One third of detainees died, prompting comparisons with Nazi terror. But what about the western zones, where the Americans, British, and French also detained hundreds of thousands of Germans without trial? This first indepth study compares internment by all four occupying powers, asking who was interned, how they were treated, and when and why they were arrested and released. It confirms the incomparably appalling conditions and death rates in the Soviet camps but identifies similarities in other respects. Andrew H. Beattie argues that internment everywhere was an inherently extrajudicial measure with punitive and preventative dimensions that aimed to eradicate Nazism and create a new Germany. By recognising its true nature and extent, he suggests that denazification was more severe and coercive but also more differentiated and complex than previously thought."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

'It will be desirable on political grounds': the development of internment policy, 1943-1946

'Not consistent with civil liberties': internment in practice, 1945-1950

Internees: the 'worst Nazis' or a 'colourful assortment'?

Internment camps: 'the main task of the camp is the complete isolation' of the detainees

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Beattie, Andrew H, 1976- Allied internment camps in Occupied Germany

ISBN:

9781108487634

1108487637

9781108720731

1108720730

OCLC:

1117310404

Publisher Number:

40029619631