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Originally Posted by fumo30
In theory, when a POW escapes he no longer enjoys the status of a POW and instead is turned again an enemy fighter so being a legal target for use of weapons.
What did naz...err, Germans do with the escapees in case they got on their trails?
Did they open fire at them without hesitation, or were they gentlemen enough to just recapture them and send them back to the camp?
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You can read the articles of the 1929 Geneva convention here
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/geneva02.asp.
What they were supposed to do?
An escaped POW is subject to recapture and if rested, can be shot. They have to be given a chance to surrender and once taken into custody can't be harmed.
POWs have the right to escape and any attempted escape makes the POW subject to disciplinary punishment. If, during the escape, a POW breaks any of the laws, Judical Punishment may apply.