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ALSO AVAILABLE 2022 NEW RELEASES 20 Trawniki Guards: Foot Soldiers of the Holocaust Vol. 2, Investigations and Trials Josh Baldwin A companion to volume 1, which described the wartime role of the "Trawniki Men," volume 2 follows up with a history of the international search for retribution in the postwar era Investigations and trials from around the world are detailed, most of which took place in the former Soviet Union. Much of the primary source material utilized for this work came from recently declassified KGB archives. Includes a chapter on the trials of John Demjanjuk, whose deportation from the US to Israel garnered international media coverage and, later, a Netflix docuseries The Devil Next Door WWII ended, legal reckoning began. At least 100 former Trawniki guards were investigated, arrested, and tried in the postwar period, mostly in the Soviet Union. Dozens were sentenced to death and executed. Others received 25 years’ imprisonment in Soviet gulags. In 1955, a general amnesty caused all those imprisoned to be released. Nevertheless, in the 1960s, many were retried in “group” trials, receiving death sentences. Trials also took place in Poland, and a single trial took place in West Germany: that of Franz Swidersky. In the United States, OSI brought charges against 16 former guards. This story is pieced together through investigation reports, interrogation transcripts, and trial records, primarily from recently declassified former KGB archives. This work represents the most comprehensive study of these primary source materials in the English language. Josh Baldwin received a BS in criminal justice from California State University of Los Angeles. Studying history has been a passion for him for over 20 years. He focuses on the Holocaust, WWII, and the Cold War. Author Location: Beverly Hills, California ISBN: 978-0-7643-6353-5 Size: 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) Pages: 288 Price: $29.99 Illustrations: 55 b/w photos Binding: hardcover BISAC: HISTORY / Holocaust AVAILABLE JULY SEE PAGES 84 & 86 FOR RELATED TITLES TRAWNICKI GUARDS, VOL. 1 978-0-7643-6069-5 192 pp. | 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) | HC | $29.99 THE CRUEL HUNTERS 978-0-7643-0483-5 336 pp. | 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) | HC | $35.00 Contents 1. Trawniki Men or Trawniki Guards 2. Trawniki Wachmanner 3. Aktion Reinhard Camps 4. Nazi Collaborators 5. Post-WWII Trials in the Soviet Union 6. OSI Cases 7. Franz Swidersky Case