Jean Shey was 12 when she first questioned her father’s judgment. He wanted to serve lunch to the Germans. Not neighbors – prisoners of war in her town of Algona, Iowa. Five of them. Men captured ...
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These forgotten WWII photos showed thousands of German soldiers surrendering
In the final days of World War II, photographer David Scherman captured a remarkable series of images in Siegsdorf, Bavaria, as American forces pushed through southern Germany. The photos showed ...
During World War II, thousands of German prisoners of war were held in Iowa, where work on farms led to some unexpected bonds with local families.
A grand mansion in north London once housed a secret wartime intelligence operation, and that history has now been opened to ...
After a grueling year in a German prison camp during World War II, he endured crushing nightmares and survivor guilt back home, leading him to spread the word about veterans’ suffering. By Clay Risen ...
Once the prisoners began arriving, daily life around Camp Algona settled into a routine that few residents would have predicted during those early public meetings. Each morning, German prisoners were ...
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