LEADER 02877nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910783015903321 005 20230422043159.0 010 $a0-8147-8473-9 010 $a0-8147-9512-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000005974 035 $a(EBL)866127 035 $a(OCoLC)779828430 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282744 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228213 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282744 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10323393 035 $a(PQKB)11331954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866127 035 $a(OCoLC)55638556 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10194 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866127 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10032506 035 $a(DE-B1597)546858 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814795125 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000005974 100 $a20000707d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA peculiar crusade$b[electronic resource] $eWillis M. Everett and the Malmedy massacre /$fJames J. Weingartner 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9366-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; l The Everett's of Atlanta; 2 The Internal Enemy; 3 The World beyond Atlanta; 4 Under the Lights; 5 Of the Particulars and Charge, Guilty; 6 Death by Hanging; 7 A Troublesome Conscience; 8 An Old-Fashioned Sense of Justice; 9 "The Lord Has Given Me Strength to Continue"; 10 A Michael Kohlhaas in Atlanta; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author 330 $aIn the wake of World War II, 74 members of the Nazi SS were accused of a war crime--soon to be known as the Malmedy Massacre--in which a large number of American prisoners of war were murdered during the Battle of the Bulge. All of the German defendants were found guilty and more than half were sentenced to death. Yet none was executed and, a decade later, all had been released from prison. This outcome resulted primarily from the dogged efforts of Willis M. Everett, Jr., a prominent Atlanta attorney who jeopardized his status as a member of the social elite to defend with great zeal 606 $aLawyers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aMalmedy Massacre, 1944-1945 606 $aWar crime trials$zGermany 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities 615 0$aLawyers 615 0$aMalmedy Massacre, 1944-1945. 615 0$aWar crime trials 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAtrocities. 676 $a940.54/05/0949346 700 $aWeingartner$b James J.$f1940-$01491375 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783015903321 996 $aA peculiar crusade$93823197 997 $aUNINA