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TIL After WWII ended in Europe, German soldiers in US custody were not considered POW’s. No longer protected by the Geneva Convention they were not entitled to similar shelter or the same quantities of food as U.S. troops. Consequently, tens of thousands of prisoners died from hunger and disease

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