Hanged in Medicine Hat
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Hanged in Medicine Hat

Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp, and the Disturbing True Story of Canada's Last Mass Execution

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eBook - ePub

Hanged in Medicine Hat

Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp, and the Disturbing True Story of Canada's Last Mass Execution

About this book

Was justice served?

For three years during the Second World War, 12,000 Nazis were held in a prisoner-of-war camp at the edge of Medicine Hat, an isolated city of 12,000 people on the bald Canadian prairie. The camp and the townsfolk lived cheerfully side-by-side until two men were beaten and hanged by their fellow prisoners and no one on the scene would admit to knowing anything about the crimes. RCMP investigators infiltrated the camp and discovered the existence of a shadow Nazi government, complete with its own Gestapo responsible for enforcing discipline and loyalty to the Fuhrer. Suspects were identified. Charges were laid. A series of gripping trials resulted in the last mass hanging in Canadian history. Now, eighty years after the fact, acclaimed historian Nathan Greenfield presents stunning new evidence that raises grave questions about whether justice was served on either side of the wire in Medicine Hat.

Information

Publisher
Sutherland House
Year
2022
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781989555880
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Prologue
  8. CHAPTER 1: The Establishment of POW Camps in Canada and the Transfer of the Captured Afrika Corpsmen to Canada
  9. CHAPTER 2: Life in Canadian POW Camps
  10. CHAPTER 3: The Murder of August Plaszek
  11. CHAPTER 4: The Investigation into the Murder of August Plaszek
  12. CHAPTER 5: The Investigation into the Murder of Dr. Karl Lehmann
  13. CHAPTER 6: From the German Surrender to the Plaszek Murder Trials
  14. CHAPTER 7: Rex v. Werner Schwalb
  15. CHAPTER 8: Rex v. Adolf Kratz
  16. CHAPTER 9: The Appeals in the Plaszek Murder Trials, Rex v. Johannas Wittinger, and the Execution of Adolf Kratz
  17. CHAPTER 10: The Lehmann Murder Trials
  18. CHAPTER 11: Lehmann Appeals and Pleas for Clemency
  19. CHAPTER 12: The Executions of Bruno Perzenowski, Heinrich Busch, Walter Wolf, and Willy Müeller
  20. EPILOGUE: Executing Justice
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography

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