PAINTINGS DONE BY GERMAN POWS. WAS THE LEGACY AND STORIES THEY CARRY WILL CONTINUE TO ENRICH AND EDUCATE GENERATIONS FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS IS A SCENE WE BELIEVE, FROM THE ALPS. THE FOUR PAINTINGS ...

A small, wooden keepsake box adorned with carvings and the inscription, “Gefangenschaft Amerika 1944,” was donated in late January to the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office for inclusion in the Fort ...

German U-boat commander Werner Henke was shot and killed in a suicidal attempt to escape from his American enemies during World War II. He was among thousands of Axis prisoners captured while fighting ...

Helen Crumpacker and her mother-in-law cooked dinner for the German prisoners of war who had labored that day in the Crumpacker Bros. orchards near Bonsack. In POW camps in Salem, Catawba and across ...

Follow the extraordinary journey of German and Italian POWs held in Minnesota during WWII. Held in Minnesota: Untold WWII POW Stories is a Pioneer PBS documentary film about the forgotten history of ...

Today, guests flock by the thousands to witness history at Fort Niagara, glimpse the gorge at Letchworth and swim Lake Ontario at Hamlin Beach. Six decades ago, hundreds of unwilling guests were ...

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 ...

This is the fourth part of a five-part series on the history of World War II POW camps in Michigan. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are available to read here. The final story will be published next Sunday.