Behind Barbed Wire: German Prisoner of War Camps in Minnesota Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a book about a little known or less remembered phase of World War II history as it relates to Minnesota. It suggets the success of the Geneva Convention regarding treatment of prisoners of war in the United States. In the simple presentation of factual information, the author allows us to feel something of the fears, the loneliness, and concerns of prisoners and their willingness to work rather than be idle. The concerns of citizens are also presented clearly concerning escapes, those of labor unions interested in protecting American labor, as well as the general concern about work necessary to pursue the war. It is a facet of the war that most histories neglect.

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More than fifteen POW camps housing German captivesexisted in Minnesota during World War II, although most people, evenmost Minnesotans do not know this. This is the history of those camps,where they were, how they worked, how the POWs contributed to theMinnesota economy during the war years, and, finally, when the campsclosed.

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