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Title:

Behind barbed wire : Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany.

Publisher:

TRACES

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

57 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.

Other Authors:

Schmidt, Rayf.
Iowa Arts Council.

Notes:

Cover title. Photo collages designed by Rayf Schmidt.

Summary:

Introduction -- 1. Pre-captivity military life -- 2. Airmen -- 3. Capture -- 4. Interrogation -- 5. Transport -- 6. Camp -- 7. Food -- 8. Work -- 9. Art -- 10. Freetime -- 11. Loss -- 12. Religion -- 13. Homesickness -- 14. Heath -- 15. Humor -- 16. Relationships between POWs -- 17. Minorities -- Meskwaki Code Talkers -- The Tuskegee Airmen -- 18. Encounters with Germans -- The Voss Family -- 19. Dresden -- The bombing of Dresden -- 20. Assistance -- 21. Escape -- 22. The death marches -- 23. Liberation -- 24. Recovery -- 25. Return to the U.S. -- 26. Recognition.

LCCN:

2017287123

Locations:

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)