[Eva]

I re-read some of the other material on the author's web-site and I now have some doubts about this woman. I think that she bears further investigation before we take her side of the story as accurate.

[Map Kernow]

I re-read some of the other material on the author's web-site and I now have some doubts about this woman. I think that she bears further investigation before we take her side of the story as accurate.

You don't mention the author's name---you know that was one of Joe McCarthy's "sins"---do you mean Freda Utley? What exactly are your doubts? That she's a "Holocaust denier"? Could you provide us with a cite, please? And while you're at it, maybe you can provide us with a reason why your "doubts" now mean Rabinowitz' revival of an ancient smear against McCarthy must be credited. Please be more specific, unless your object is simply to conduct your own little smear.

[HISSKGB]

As you said, it is good to research these issues. Many links are not reliable. I finally found a very lengthy account of the collapse of Germany and its US military adminstration at www.army.mil. The beginning occupation was not pretty. There were some in the US administration who wanted to punish all Germans and others who campaigned against this as immoral and illegal.

On another military site, I found that members of I company, 157th regiment, 45th division of the Seventh Army shot unarmed prisoners who had surrendered. The group historian blamed Patton but Patton headed the 3rd Army not the 7th. During the occupation there were serious violations of military code committed by members of the Seventh Army but I can not find who led this group.

Throughout WW11 every American heard week in and week out that the Geneva convention absolutely banned mistreatment of POWs. We were told the Americans were vigorous in pursuing these honorable codes of war. Those who objected to violations did the right thing.