During World War II the United States housed over 400,000 Prisoners of War across the United States. Wisconsin was struggling to meet the needs of their farming industry and needed to find other sources of labor. Reedsburg, Wisconsin was chosen as one of the branch camp locations to hold some of the German prisoners. The prisoners while staying in Reedsburg were used throughout the area in order to help with the labor shortage that was prevalent throughout Wisconsin and Reedsburg. Local area farms and canning factories took advantage of this
The Germans employed prisoners with special skills to support camp operations. Russian POW\u27s wor...
A labor detachment of French and Belgian prisoners of war pull a wagon full of firewood on their way...
World War II left thousands of Allied POWs in the hands of Japanese and German military officials. P...
Local histories help explain the daily experiences of the average citizen on a micro level, leading ...
Located in the heart of Wisconsin between Tomah and Sparta, Camp McCoy was the prisoner of war base ...
More than four hundred thousand prisoners of war were interned in the United States during World War...
In 1942 successful Allied campaigns against Adolf Hitler\u27s Wehrmact in North Africa led to widesp...
An important aspect of the impact of World War II on the American homefront that has not been widely...
A detailed account of the conditions and general operation of POW camps that held captured German so...
The Prison War Camp (WWII), Hampton, South Carolina collection consists of a reminiscence and histor...
Like many states during World War II, Maine faced a severe labor shortage at a time when wartime nee...
The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the development of prisoner of war administrati...
Stalag XI B was a prisoner of war camp used by the Germans during the war. It was not like the priso...
These supplementary materials provide visual evidence of the location of German prisoners of war hel...
Operating a large prison camp facility like Muenster required a large supply of resources and depend...
The Germans employed prisoners with special skills to support camp operations. Russian POW\u27s wor...
A labor detachment of French and Belgian prisoners of war pull a wagon full of firewood on their way...
World War II left thousands of Allied POWs in the hands of Japanese and German military officials. P...
Local histories help explain the daily experiences of the average citizen on a micro level, leading ...
Located in the heart of Wisconsin between Tomah and Sparta, Camp McCoy was the prisoner of war base ...
More than four hundred thousand prisoners of war were interned in the United States during World War...
In 1942 successful Allied campaigns against Adolf Hitler\u27s Wehrmact in North Africa led to widesp...
An important aspect of the impact of World War II on the American homefront that has not been widely...
A detailed account of the conditions and general operation of POW camps that held captured German so...
The Prison War Camp (WWII), Hampton, South Carolina collection consists of a reminiscence and histor...
Like many states during World War II, Maine faced a severe labor shortage at a time when wartime nee...
The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate the development of prisoner of war administrati...
Stalag XI B was a prisoner of war camp used by the Germans during the war. It was not like the priso...
These supplementary materials provide visual evidence of the location of German prisoners of war hel...
Operating a large prison camp facility like Muenster required a large supply of resources and depend...
The Germans employed prisoners with special skills to support camp operations. Russian POW\u27s wor...
A labor detachment of French and Belgian prisoners of war pull a wagon full of firewood on their way...
World War II left thousands of Allied POWs in the hands of Japanese and German military officials. P...
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