| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 370 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Uninvited Guests: Experiences of Downed Airmen -- American "Terror Flyers" in German Propaganda -- The History and Escalation of Lynchjustiz in Germany -- Analysis of the Flyer Trials -- Lynchjustiz Narratives -- Examining the Motives of Lynchjustiz -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Lynchjustiz documents -- Appendix B. Newspaper examples -- Appendix C. Index of flyer trials -- Appendix D. Unresolved cases -- Appendix E. Lists of known airmen held at prisons -- Appendix F. List of known Stolpersteine for Allied airmen. |
| Summary |
"Terror Flyers examines the "lynch justice" (Lynchjustiz) committed against American airmen in Nazi Germany during World War II. Using engaging first-person accounts of downed pilots, as well as previously unused primary sources, Terror Flyers challenges the notion that such lynchings were exclusively the domain of Nazi party officials and soldiers. New evidence reveals ordinary German people executed Lynchjustiz as well. Initially occurring as a spontaneous reaction to the devastation of the Allied air campaign against the cities of the Third Reich, Lynchjustiz offered the Nazi regime a unique propaganda opportunity to harness the outrage of the German population. Fueled by inspiration from America's own history of the lynching of African Americans, Nazi propaganda exploited the very same imagery found in US publications to escalate the anger of the German people. Drawing heavily on the accounts of the downed airmen themselves, testimonies from the "flyer trials" held in Dachau during 1945-48, and rarely seen Nazi propaganda, Terror Flyers offers a new narrative of this previously overlooked aspect of the Allied campaign in Europe and suggests that at least 3,000 cases of lynch justice likely occurred between 1943 and 1946."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
United States. Army Air Forces -- Airmen.
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United States. Army Air Forces |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany.
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Lynching -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany.
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Civilians in war -- Germany.
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century |
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Military operations, Aerial -- American |
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Armed Forces -- Airmen |
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Atrocities |
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Civilians in war |
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Lynching |
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Military campaigns |
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Germany |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hall, Kevin T.. Terror flyers Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021] 9780253050151 (DLC) 2020007459 |
| ISBN |
0253050162 electronic book |
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9780253050168 (electronic bk.) |
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9780253050151 hardcover |
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9780253050175 paperback |
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