Michigan POW Camps in World War II
Book - 2018 940.54 Su, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / Michigan / Sumner, Gregory D. 2 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: 940.54 Su, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / Michigan / Sumner, Gregory D.
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"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."-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
Year Published: 2018
Description: 158 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
162585837X
9781625858375
SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Michigan.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
Prisoners of war -- Michigan.
Prisoners of war -- United States.
Prisoners of war -- Italy.
Prisoners of war -- Germany.
Michigan -- History, Military.