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Podcast: History Unplugged Podcast
Episode: Everyday Life for the 500K German POWs House in America During World War Two
Description: During World War II, approximately half a million German prisoners of war were held in the United States, housed in 700 camps spread across the country, from Florida to Maine. These POWs were treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, often working in agriculture and other industries to alleviate domestic labor shortages. Today, evidence of these POW camps has all but vanished, and with them the harrowing knowledge ofâŻwhat happened beyond the battlefield. But todayâs guest, William Geroux (Jer-oh), author of âThe Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs in America,â not only exposes the fo...