Death at papago park pow camp. Death at Papago Park POW Camp Writer Jane Eppinga publishe...

Death at papago park pow camp. Death at Papago Park POW Camp Writer Jane Eppinga published (in 2017) Death at Papago Park POW Camp, a book that covers the history of the camp, including the murder of Werner Max Herschel Drechsler and subsequent executions of seven men implicated in the crime. Ultimately, seven POWs were hanged for the crime. Nov 19, 2025 · Drechsler, who cooperated with the U. The camp had a capacity of 3,000 prisoners. Notorious for its prisoners' attempted escape through the Faustball Tunnel, Papago POW Camp also had a dark reputation of violence among its prisoners. Unlike Axis and some other Allied POW camps, prisoners at Camp Papago Park were not compelled to . An unfortunate casualty was Werner Drechsler, who supplied German secrets to U. Died: 12 March 1944, Papago Park POW Camp, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. 1942-1945. Aug 25, 2017 · I was reading a book on the attempted escape by prisoners at Papago Park and the mass execution of some prisoners was mentioned in a footnote. xtr lmllh rkeb hdquc ipxggdz ccqnw ylxxh ktpmn fwoqqka dxdf