400,000 German POWs in the U.S.: How did they affect your community and family?

• Presenter: Mary Risseeuw
  
• Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
• Time: 7:00 PM Central
• Webinar Description: For millions of rural Americans, farmers and owners of small businesses, POW labor was a life-saver for a country where a labor shortage had been created by the war.  Abandoned Civilian Conservation Corps camps built during the Depression were the sites of the first camps as boat loads of German POWs were brought to the U.S.  There were over 700 camps established throughout the country.  This had a huge affect on the communities where these camps were located.  The stories of the interactions between prisoners and civilians and their impact were not talked about for decades.  The stories are still being uncovered.
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