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Showing Original Post only (View all)German prisoner of war camps in the US??? [View all]
Shit. Rachel is going over this. I never even heard of this. Am I clueless and alone? New MX was where the camp was.
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U mean prisoners of war during WWII. Yes. German and others. Some stayed after the war.
bluerum
Jan 2013
#1
A lot stayed after the war and received better treatment than black returning vets.
kelliekat44
Jan 2013
#44
So what is wrong with not wanting to die in the hands of the Russians if you know
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#84
The Eastern Front during WWII was an awful place to be taken prisoner by either side....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#88
Well I remember my father-in-law telling me a story when he was in WWII. He said you be
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#89
I think one was outside of Ayre Mass at Ft Devens. My barracks there was part of the POW camp, at
alfredo
Jan 2013
#45
Not to long ago I say last week or so I think it was on the History channel they did
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#5
What I saw on the show was that even within each nationality they had problems. Like in
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#111
They were much less of an escape risk here than if they had been interned in the U.K.
Aristus
Jan 2013
#49
Yes, absolutely. Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) was the first such camp in New York State...
Earth_First
Jan 2013
#11
My uncle was one of the soldiers responsible for guarding prisoners during transport
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#13
Actually, the prison authorities tried to separate the gung-ho Nazis from the
amandabeech
Jan 2013
#82
Perhaps one of the most famous young adult fiction books of all time covers this topic
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#26
More cool info on German POWs: many joined the French Foreign Legion and ended up in Indochina
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#29
My BIL was a German soldier who was held in a French POW camp after WWII ended.
SDjack
Jan 2013
#130
There were German prisoners of war working the orange groves and orange processing plants
rzemanfl
Jan 2013
#34
No, I didn't know that, Cleita. That's why I asked, and got a great education! nt
babylonsister
Jan 2013
#70
Sure there were. They got treated a lot more humanely than POWs in Europe, iirc.
Hekate
Jan 2013
#57
Thank you all! I'm so astounded at this response. THIS is what DU is good at!
babylonsister
Jan 2013
#61
Summer of My German Soldier, the movie was the first I ever heard of the camps...
1monster
Jan 2013
#78
I am a German American and I had vaquely heard that there were such camps but did not know
jwirr
Jan 2013
#91
Camp Waterloo,, only about 4 miles for me. Turned it into a Dept. of Corrections camp after the
Purveyor
Jan 2013
#102