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Crowcass, Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects: Wanted Lists

Crowcass, Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects: Wanted Lists

Supreme Headquarters

Paperback

Genealogy & HeraldryGeneral Military HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 184574277X
ISBN13: 9781845742775
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: Jul 21 2005
Pages: 744
Weight: 3.62
Height: 1.48 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

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CROWCASS was established to assist the United Nations War Crimes Commission and Allied governments in tracing ex-enemy nationals suspected of committing war crimes or atrocities in Europe.

The organisation was originally set up by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in the spring of 1945. Operated by British and American military personnel with the assistance of civilian administrative staff the object was to provide a pool of information on persons in Allied detention and those still wanted for interrogation or apprehension in connection with potential war crimes. National governments were invited to draw on this information and were also encouraged to contribute. To Allied military investigators the CROWCASS registers became a sort of Nazi Hunter's bible BUT they had to be treated with considerable caution as many of the individuals were merely being sought for interrogation or simply to act as witnesses. Added to this, of course, all the cited instances of murder, pillage, brutality, torture etc that were contained within the CROWCASS registers were only allegations until those responsible were required to answer charges in an Allied court.

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