Forced Confrontation: The Politics of Dead Bodies in Germany at the End of World War II

by Christopher E Mauriello

Book Overview

During the final weeks of World War II, the American army discovered multiple atrocity sites and mass graves containing the dead bodies of Jews, slave laborers, POWs and other victims of Nazi genocide and mass murder. Instead of simply reburying these victims, American Military Government carried out a series of highly ritualized "forced confrontations" towards German civilians centered on the dead bodies themselves. The Americans forced nearby German...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498548059
• ISBN13: 9781498548052
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"