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FilmWestern Front1944

Stalag VI, Germany

Hart's War — Germany

Scene

In a German POW camp in 1944, young lawyer Lt. Hart defends a Black Tuskegee airman falsely accused of murder — exposing racism within Allied ranks even behind the wire.

History

American POWs were held under the Geneva Convention in German Stalags, with officers and enlisted men in separate facilities. Black American soldiers were sometimes segregated even in captivity, reflecting the Jim Crow-era US military. The film's paradox — fighting Nazi racism while experiencing systemic racism — reflects the real Double V campaign: victory over fascism abroad and racism at home.

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