The enigma of General Blaskowitz
By: Richard Giziowski.
Publisher: L. Cooper; Hippocrene Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
Subjects: Blaskowitz, Johannes von, 1883-1948.; Germany. Heer -- Biography.; Poland -- History, -- occupation, 1939-1945.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.; War criminals -- Germany -- Biography.; War criminals -- Polands -- Biography.; Generals -- Germany -- Biography.
Description: On February 5, 1948, General Johannes Blaskowitz died under mysterious circumstances while awaiting trial as a war criminal in Nurnberg. Was it suicide or murder at the hands of other prisoners? What was there about Blaskowitz's career that diehard Nazis among the prisoners would want to kill him? Dr. Giziowski uses the enigma of General Blaskowitz's last days as a starting point to examine one of the most remarkable military careers of the Third Reich.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-524) and index.