During World War II, the U.S. began amassing huge numbers of German prisoners when the Afrika Korps, the Wehrmacht’s elite desert troops, surrendered to the Allied forces at Tunisia in May 1943. As ...

Ordered at gunpoint to separate Jewish soldiers from other POWs, Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds told a German commander: "We ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) - They are foreign enemies buried thousands of miles from home, but they are not forgotten. Less than a week after U.S. soldiers were honored during Veterans Day, dignitaries on ...

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.

A Louisiana state historic marker stands at the location of the German Prisoner-of-War Sub-Camp No. 7 in Port Allen. The white structure next to it was a water fountain used in the camp. Ernest ...

During World War II, the Midwest was home to approximately 250 base and branch prisoner of war camps, which held tens of thousands of the 380,000 German POWs who were imprisoned in more than 660 POW ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jean Shey was 12 when she first questioned her father’s judgment. He wanted to serve lunch to the Germans. Not neighbors ‒ ...

Did you know Abe Lincoln gave an impromptu speech on a front porch at Ridge and Church in Evanston? How about the Underground Railroad coursing through the North Shore to a safe house? And then ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected friends and neighbors.