Michigan Pow Camps In World War Ii

Author : Gregory D Sumner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439665725

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Michigan POW Camps in World War II by Gregory D Sumner Pdf

During World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs. At a time of homefront labor shortages, they picked fruit in Berrien County, harvested sugar beets in the Thumb, cut pulpwood in the Upper Peninsula and maintained parks and other public spaces in Detroit. The work programs were not flawless and not all of the prisoners were cooperative, but many of the men established enduring friendships with their captors. Author Gregory Sumner tells the story of these detainees and the ordinary Americans who embodied our highest ideals, even amid a global war.

Author : Dr. James Van Keuren
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467141666

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World War II POW Camps in Ohio by Dr. James Van Keuren Pdf

During World War II, more than six thousand prisoners of war resided at Camp Perry near Port Clinton and its branch camps at Columbus, Rossford, Cambridge, Celina, Bowling Green, Defiance, Marion, Parma and Wilmington. From the start, the camps were a study in contradictions. The Italian prisoners who arrived first charmed locals with their affable, easygoing natures, while their German successors often put on a serious, intractable front. Some local residents fondly recall working alongside the prisoners and reuniting with them later in life. Others held the prisoners in disdain, feeling that they were coddled while natives struggled with day-to-day needs. Drawing on first-person accounts from soldiers, former POWs and residents, as well as archival research, Dr. Jim Van Keuren delves into the neglected history of Ohio's POW camps.

Author : Jane Kopecky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990514013

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World War II Conscientious Objectors by Jane Kopecky Pdf

Civilian Public Service Camp 135 at Germfask, Michigan was a bubbling cauldron whose story is finally exposed. Here Jane Kopecky reveals the nearly-forgotten story of Camp Germask, where some of the most ardent war-resisters among World War II conscientious objectors were held for 13 months in 1944 and 1945. Opponents of the war and conscription on a variety of religious, pacifist, or political grounds, these recalcitrant dissenters dared imprisonment as they refused to cooperate with rules of the Selective Service. Instead of jail, they ended up in what some of them called the Alcatraz of CO camps and their sympathizers elsewhere in the country called "America's Siberia." In interview transcripts, memoirs, and documents collected by Jane Kopecky, their lives and their relations with their Germfask and other Upper Peninsula neighbors come alive. This book is a great read and a great service to historical understanding."

Author : Arnold Krammer
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1493049526

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Nazi Prisoners of War in America by Arnold Krammer Pdf

This is the only book available that tells the full story of how the U.S. government, between 1942 and 1945, detained nearly half a million Nazi prisoners of war in 511 camps across the country. With a new introduction and illustrated with more than 70 rare photos, Krammer describes how, with no precedents upon which to form policy, America's handling of these foreign prisoners led to the hasty conversation of CCC camps, high school gyms, local fairgrounds, and race tracks to serve as holding areas. The Seattle Times calls Nazi Prisoners of War in America "the definitive history of one of the least known segments of America's involvement in World War II. Fascinating. A notable addition to the history of that war."

Author : Ethan Reardon
Publisher : Ethan Paul Reardon
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 1950659321

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WWII German POWS In Michigan: Planned Reeducation Vs. Fair Treatment by Ethan Reardon Pdf

The story of German Prisoners of War (POWs) is an often-overlooked part of the history of World War II in Michigan. German prisoners of war were kept in over thirty-two camps across both the Upper and Lower Peninsula for use as labor both in agriculture and factories.

Author : Jeffrey E. Geiger
Publisher : Sunbury Press, Inc.
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620067505

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German Prisoners of War at Camp Cooke, California by Jeffrey E. Geiger Pdf

In 1943, the first great wave of Hitler’s soldier’s came to America, not as goose-stepping conquering heroes, but as prisoners of war. By the time World War II ended in 1945, more than six hundred German POW camps had sprung up across America holding a total of 371,683 POWs. One of these camps was established at the U.S. Army’s training installation Camp Cooke on June 16, 1944. The POW base camp at Cooke operated sixteen branch camps in six of California’s fifty-eight counties and is today the site of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Compared to other prisoner of war camps in California, Camp Cooke generally held the largest number of German POWs and operated the most branch camps in the state. A large number of the prisoners were from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps, as well as from other military formations. Under the terms of the Geneva Convention, the prisoners received comfortable quarters and excellent care. They filled critical wartime labor shortages inside the main Army post at Cooke and in the outlying civilian communities, performing agricultural work for which they were paid. On weekends and evenings, they enjoyed many recreational entertainment and educational opportunities available to them in the camp. For many POWs, the American experience helped reshape their worldview and gave them a profound appreciation of American democracy. This book follows the military experiences of fourteen German soldiers who were captured during the campaigns in North Africa and Europe and then sat out the remainder of the war as POWs in California. It is a firsthand account of life as a POW at Camp Cooke and the lasting impression it had on the prisoners.

Author : John Smolens
Publisher : Michigan State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1611862701

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Wolf's Mouth by John Smolens Pdf

In 1944 Italian officer Captain Francesco Verdi is captured by Allied forces in North Africa and shipped to a POW camp in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where the senior POW, the ruthless Kommandant Vogel, demands that all prisoners adhere to his Nazi dictates. His life threatened, Verdi escapes from the camp and meets up with an American woman, Chiara Frangiapani, who helps him elude capture as they flee to the Lower Peninsula. By 1956 they have become Frank and Claire Green, a young married couple building a new life in postwar Detroit. When INS agent James Giannopoulos tracks them down, Frank learns that Vogel is executing men like Frank for their wartime transgressions. As a series of brutal murders rivets Detroit, Frank is caught between American justice and Nazi vengeance. In Wolf ’s Mouth, the recollections of Francesco Verdi/Frank Green give voice to the hopes, fears, and hard choices of a survivor as he strives to escape the ghosts of history.

Author : Gregory D. Sumner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467119474

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Detroit in World War II by Gregory D. Sumner Pdf

When President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great "Arsenal of Democracy," Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its industrial might. Locals were committed to the cause, putting careers and personal ambitions on hold. Factories were retooled from the ground up. Industrialist Henry Ford, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, aviator Charles Lindbergh, legendary boxer Joe Louis, future baseball Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg and the real-life Rosie the Riveters all helped drive the city that was "forging thunderbolts" for the front lines. With a panoramic narrative, author Gregory D. Sumner chronicles the wartime sacrifices, contributions and everyday life of the Motor City.

Author : Mike Sonnenberg
Publisher : Huron Photo
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 0999433202

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Lost in Michigan by Mike Sonnenberg Pdf

Based on the popular Lost In Michigan website that was featured in the Detroit Free Press, It contains locations throughout Michigan, and tells their interesting story. There are over 50 stories and locations that you will find fascinating.

Author : Arnold Krammer
Publisher : Scarborough House Publishers
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : IND:30000037294406

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Nazi Prisoners of War in America by Arnold Krammer Pdf

The only book available that tells the full story of how the U.S. government detained nearly half a million Nazi prisoners of war in 511 camps across the country.

Author : Gregory F Michno
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682470251

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Death on the Hellships by Gregory F Michno Pdf

Now available in paperback, Death on the Hellships chronicles the true dimensions of the Allied POW experience at sea. It is a disturbing story; many believe the Bataan Death March even pales by comparison. Survivors describe their ordeal in the Japanese hellships as the absolute worst experience of their captivity. Crammed by the thousands into the holds of the ships, moved from island to island and put to work, they endured all the horrors of the prison camps magnified tenfold. Gregory Michno draws on American, British, Australian, and Dutch POW accounts as well as Japanese convoy histories, declassified radio intelligence reports, and a wealth of archival sources to present a detailed picture of the horror.

Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781428915855

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II by Maurer Maurer Pdf

Author : Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker & Jason Wetzel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467139076

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Georgia POW Camps in World War II by Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker & Jason Wetzel Pdf

During World War II, many Georgians witnessed the enemy in their backyards. More than twelve thousand German and Italian prisoners captured in far-off battlefields were sent to POW camps in Georgia. With large base camps located from Camp Wheeler in Macon and Camp Stewart in Savannah to smaller camps throughout the state, prisoner reeducation and work programs evoked different reactions to the enemy. There was even a POW work detail of forty German soldiers at Augusta National Golf Course, which was changed from a temporary cow pasture to the splendid golf course we know today. Join author and historian Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker and coauthor Jason Wetzel as they explore the daily lives of POWs in Georgia and the lasting impact they had on the Peach State.

Author : Lewis H. Carlson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019272223

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We Were Each Other's Prisoners by Lewis H. Carlson Pdf

During World War II, Germany captured nearly 94,000 American soldiers, while the Allies shipped almost 380,000 Germans to the United States. This book is the first ever to compare stories of POWs from both sides of the conflict. In their own words, 35 American and German prisoners of war recount their stories of survival. of photos.

Author : David Treuer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698157309

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Prudence by David Treuer Pdf

A haunting and unforgettable novel about love, loss, race, and desire in World War II–era America. On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family’s rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed for the darkened skies over Europe. Awaiting him at the Pines are those he’s about to leave behind: his hovering mother; the distant father to whom he’s been a disappointment; the Indian caretaker who’s been more of a father to him than his own; and Billy, the childhood friend who over the years has become something much more intimate. But before the homecoming can be celebrated, the search for a German soldier, escaped from the POW camp across the river, explodes in a shocking act of violence, with consequences that will reverberate years into the future for all of them and that will shape how each of them makes sense of their lives. With Prudence, Treuer delivers his most ambitious and captivating novel yet. Powerful and wholly original, it’s a story of desire and loss and the search for connection in a riven world; of race and class in a supposedly more innocent era. Most profoundly, it’s about the secrets we choose to keep, the ones we can’t help but tell, and who—and how—we’re allowed to love.