Jean Shey was 12 when she first questioned her father’s judgment. He wanted to serve lunch to the Germans. Not neighbors – prisoners of war in her town of Algona, Iowa. Five of them. Men captured ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — During World War II, life was markedly different for American prisoners of war compared to their counterparts who were housed in the U.S. The American military made a ...

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.

WARSAW, PolandWARSAW, Poland — Observances were held in Poland on Sunday to mark the 80th anniversary of the “Great Escape,” an ingenious act of defiance during World War II in which 76 prisoners of ...

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 ...

A display chronicling the daily lives of German prisoners of war during World War II is coming to St. Charles. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device ...

Editor’s note: This is the final story of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 are available to read on woodtv.com. GRAND RAPIDS, ...

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 ...

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