I don't know if anyone is interested in the Malmedy Massacre as seen from historians, but this one seems to have the incident in perspective, from 1954. Read her bio too, she is not either a Nazi nor Commie sympathizer. Here's the Malmedy Massacre link:
http://www.fredautley.com/malmedy.htm And her Bio (a great read):
http://www.fredautley.com/bio.htm Sounds like, at the time, Joe was just defending the truth, even though Nazis were the defendents.
I am really uncomfortable condemning past figures using current mores. Joe was right about treasonist spies in the government, and that was a good thing. He was willing to go against the public anti Nazi fervor to defend Nazis accused of something they may not have committed and were being hanged for.
In this story, it reveals that a General Handy stopped the hangings because of his doubt. He stated on January 31, 1951: "The offenses are connected with a confused, mobile and desperate combat action."
Its just a little more complicated than first presented. I am not an historian and am disappointed I found this out. Dorothy should have looked. I spent 15 minutes. It was not rocket science (Verner).
Read this story and then decide.
DK
Thank you very much for these links. I plan to do a lot more research into the McCarthy/Malmedy matter before commenting.
It's very interesting that Utley had been an active Communist and a participant in Owen Lattimore's Communist spy-riddled Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR). Yet she ultimately defended McCarthy's motives in the Malmedy matter. Like much of the history of the era under discussion, there's been a lot of deliberate revisionism and distortion. There are many leaves on this artichoke that need to be exfoliated.