With respect to war crimes during World War II, those committed – or merely claimed to have been committed – by the German Wehrmacht are commonplace in standard historiography. But what about the crimes committed against the Wehrmacht, that is to say, against members of the German armed forces? Here are contributions dealing with this usually ignored aspect of WWII.
By Mark Weber ∙ May 15, 1999
Of humanity’s many noteworthy achievements and inventions, few are as evil and as horrifying as biological warfare: deliberate, government-ordered mass killing of people with lethal diseases. During the Second World War, the Japanese army maintained a secret biological warfare testing program, as did the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1969 President Nixon…
By Alfred M. De Zayas ∙ January 1, 1989
Manuel Ruiz was a Spanish soldier, a member of the so-called Blue Division, which was composed of Spanish volunteers. He told his story before Judge Schoene on December 27, 1941. “After Christmas 1941 the first company of the Spanish Division was attacked by the Russians at its middle section, just north of Novgorod. Many wounded…
By Alfred M. De Zayas ∙ January 1, 1989
Following are the events surrounding the sinking of the German ship, Erich Giese on 13 April 1940 by the British Navy. Captain Karl Smidt explained during his Paris deposition on 23 August 1940: “While the crew of some 200 men was swimming in the water, the British destroyers opened fire against us with machine guns…
By Alfred M. De Zayas ∙ January 1, 1989
Statement of Corporal Walter Segel before Judge Sauermann: “Together with my troops I went on board a Greek caique on 17 May 1941 and we sailed from Piraeus in order to land on the western shore of Crete on 20 May to give support to the parachute troops. We sailed in a convoy of 21…
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