The Santa Cruz Valley Historical Society recently unveiled a new historical marker commemorating Camp Continental, a German ...

For some soldiers confined in German POW camps during World War II, ‘Monopoly’ was so much more than just a board game.

Incorrigible Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps were sent to Colditz, the only German POW camp with more ... Note: You can use either this map or the text links at the ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - As the unprecedented D-Day invasion in France got underway in June 1944, thousands of German prisoners of war were arriving in Texas by the thousands. According to the Texas ...

Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939 led to the need for more kinds of camps. The capture of hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers required the creation of POW camps. German occupiers ...

On Jan. 27, 1945, ten thousand Allied POWs stepped off from Stalag Luft III in Żagań as the Nazi regime began forcibly ...

The device was made entirely from items collected at a German camp for Allied prisoners of war during World War II. By Max Hauptman Posted on Apr 7, 2022 Improvise, adapt and overcome. It’s a ...

former Civilian Conservation Corps camp within driving distance of the Pentagon -- where German POWs were interrogated to glean information that would be beneficial to the Allieds' mission.

Most were buried around the turn of the 20th Century. Johannes Kunz was a German soldier who was held at a POW camp in Oklahoma. He passed notes to an American physician during sick call.

it was re-designated PoW Camp 198, and readied to receive some of the thousands of German soldiers taken prisoner. Considered too luxurious for the ranks, it held only officers - including Field ...