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Hanged in Medicine Hat : murders in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp, and the disturbing true story of Canada's last mass execution  Cover Image Book Book

Hanged in Medicine Hat : murders in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp, and the disturbing true story of Canada's last mass execution / Nathan M. Greenfield.

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"For three years during the Second World War, 12,000 Nazis were held in a prisoner-of-war camp at the edge of Medicine Hat, an isolated city of 12,000 people on the bald Canadian prairie. The camp and the townsfolk lived cheerfully side-by-side until two men were beaten and hanged by their fellow prisoners and no one on the scene would admit to knowing anything about the crimes. RCMP investigators infiltrated the camp and discovered the existence of a shadow Nazi government, complete with its own Gestapo responsible for enforcing discipline and loyalty to the Fuhrer. Suspects were identified. Charges were laid. A series of gripping trials resulted in the last mass hanging in Canadian history. Now, eighty years after the fact, acclaimed historian Nathan Greenfield presents stunning new evidence that raises grave questions about whether justice was served on either side of the wire in Medicine Hat."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781989555804 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xxii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto : Sutherland House, 2022.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Hanging > Alberta > Medicine Hat.
Nazis > Alberta > Medicine Hat.
Serial murders > Alberta > Medicine Hat.
Trials (Murder) > Alberta > Medicine Hat.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Canadian.

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