As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...
During World War II, thousands of German prisoners of war were held in Iowa, where work on farms led to some unexpected bonds ...
A group of POWs staged a sit-down strike at local processing plants. One POW, Heinz Golze, escaped from camps five times. Young women working alongside POWs were said to be "very familiar" with them.
The influx of immigrants crossing our border under President Biden’s watch isn’t the first time the U.S. has hosted foreign nationals en masse. During WWII, 400,000 German soldiers made the U. S.
SAHUARITA, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Santa Cruz Valley Historical Society recently unveiled a new historical marker commemorating Camp Continental, a German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp that played a ...
Prisoners of war found “a surprisingly pleasant experience” in Missouri during World War II. These Germans picked potatoes near Atherton and loaded them onto train boxcars. Jackson County Historical ...
And they couldn't wait to get back home. They were held at a World War II prisoner of war camp at the Belle Fourche Reservoir at Orman Dam. Up to 600 German soldiers were reportedly housed there in ...
Have you ever heard of The Battle of the Little Cal in Northwest Indiana during World War II? Even those old enough to remember war-related events in the 1940s are probably clueless. The memory of ...
What if an authority figure directed you to pull a lever that delivered a painful shock to an unseen victim? If you’re like most people, you’d do it. And you’d keep doing it, at the urging of that ...