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Americans/Brits did it too

posted 10 years ago by jmarkoff2
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The Americans and British also kept Germans as POWs after the war was over, when there was no justification for keeping them imprisoned. The Allies even turned German prisoners over to the Soviets. This violated the laws of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and several international conventions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_POWs_in_America#After_the_war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war#Treatment_of_POWs_by_the_ Allies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_labor_of_Germans_after_World_War_I I

[–] The_Khazi 10 years ago

German prisoners were indeed held in the UK years after the end of WW2, with the last being sent home in 1948; but many choose to settle here after their "re-education":the most well-known being Bert Trautmann who famously played on in a football match having sustained a broken neck.

[–] nickm2 10 years ago

And they were kept in conditions a HELL of a lot less harsh than Soviet or even French captivity.

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