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 ...
Rapid City Journal

Germans visit WWII POW camp in Belle Fourche

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 ...
Yahoo

At the end of WWII, Milwaukee was home to a prisoner of war camp

During World War II, the United States set up hundreds of prisoner of war camps in the U.S., including nearly 40 in Wisconsin. But it wasn't till nearly the end of the war that POWs were sent to the ...
usace.army.mil

Captive for 15 Months, WWII Veteran Returns to POW Camp

TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk returned to the site of his captivity, Stalag Luft IV in Tychowo, Poland, on ...
Kansas City Star

Kansas City hosted hundreds of Nazis and other enemy soldiers during WWII. Here’s why

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 ...