- 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.
- Format
- Online resource
- Author/Creator
- Hall, Kevin T., author.
- Published
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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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.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2020).
