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After Pearl Harbor, German, Italian and Japanese diplomats, along with their staffs and families, were relocated to two lavish but isolated resorts in Appalachia, where the State Department insisted they be treated as distinguished guests. As the war progressed, other Axis envoys were similarly detained. (The Japanese ambassador to Germany was captured by U.S. soldiers in Europe and held in a small hotel in rural Pennsylvania, while the War Department argued for treating him as a war criminal and the local population decried his luxurious accommodations.)
Informants were recruited, attempts at espionage and escape were foiled, diplomats complained and squabbled endlessly, babies were born and townspeople made threats, while newspapers published outlandish exposes of wild parties.
Based on government documents, the recollections of detainees and hotel staff and contemporary newspaper accounts, this book is the first to focus on the day-to-day lives of the nearly 1,000 detainees during their six-month confinement.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
One—The Hotels Are Selected
Two—The Round-Up
Three—Daily Routine
Four—Musical Chairs
Five—Negotiations for Exchange
Six—Be Careful What You Wish For
Seven—The Actual Exchange
Eight—End Games
Nine—Vichy French at the Hotel Hershey
Ten—Diplomats Captured in North Africa During the War
Eleven—Japanese Captured in Europe Near the End of the War
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
