How Iowa farmers fed German prisoners and found common ground in WWII

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

The World War II prisoners who became part of Iowa communities

During World War II, thousands of German prisoners of war were held in Iowa, where work on farms led to some unexpected bonds ...
Arizona Daily Star

WWII German POW returns to Washington state to say thank you

The POWs' relative comfort angered some wartime Americans who had lost their loved ones to German troops. But they did have to work, providing labor at a time when the massive troop mobilization made ...
The Advocate

German POWs not only were imprisoned in Port Allen during WWII but learned to chop sugarcane

Ernest Gueymard spent Dec. 15, 1943, at Prisoner-of-War Sub-Camp No. 7 in Port Allen for a feature story for the State-Times, The Advocate's then-afternoon sister newspaper. "The swish-swish of the ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Kale on Books: A story about Nazi POWs in America that you probably never heard

Veteran journalist and author William Geroux has an aptitude for selecting World War II stories that should have been written decades ago and masterfully crafting them into praiseworthy accounts. Many ...