POW
There were almost a half million German and Italian prisoners of war interned in the United States during World War II. “The claim that these defeated ‘white’ members of the Axis had more rights and privileges in the United States than black soldiers in American uniforms was a powerful one,” writes scholar Matthias Reiss. Axis […]
In this photo taken from video, a view of a destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine on Friday. AP hide caption toggle caption AP In this photo taken from video, a view of a destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an […]
Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol, the city where troops famously held out against a monthslong Russian siege. Both sides said the assault was premeditated with […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol, the city where troops famously held out against a monthslong Russian siege. Both sides said the […]
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