Turned out bad for them as word of the massacre got out the GI's would just shoot them on sight. Officers just looked the other way.
My Explorer troop leader had been a tank company commander during WWII. He said after the word of the Malmady massacre reached their unit, they took no German prisoners for about a month. Then word came down through the back door to knock that s**t off. Take prisoners, we need the information that they provide us. From then on, they would take German’s prisoners if they offered to surrender.