Patton’s Unforgettable Encounter: The SS Commander’s Demand for Geneva Rights After Executing an Unarmed Chaplain in a Snowy Ravine During WWII
An unarmed American chaplain was executed at point-blank range in a snow-filled ravine outside Sauerlautern on the morning of December 23, 1944, shot by SS troops on the direct order of an officer who, four hours later, produced a folded copy of the Geneva Convention and demanded its full protection as a prisoner of war. … Read more