Prisoners of War brought to America left their mark on the communities they inhabited at the time. From working in local factories to interacting with curious locals, it’s a part of history now almost ...

On June 6, 1944, a Miami newspaper reporter took a ride up the south shore of Lake Okeechobee. Overnight, the long-anticipated and historic invasion of Europe had begun. Editors wanted local reaction ...

On June 6, 1944, a Miami newspaper reporter took a ride up the south shore of Lake Okeechobee. Overnight, the long-anticipated and historic invasion of Europe had begun. Editors wanted local reaction ...

Minnesota played an important role during World War II. In the summers of 1944 and 1945, a group of about 60 German prisoners of war were brought to a camp at the Wright County Fairgrounds to help ...

In January 1945, Harman was transferred to Dijon, France, again guarding German prisoners. He began to see how brutally prisoners on the other side were treated - when Holocaust survivors emptied out ...

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.