The influx of immigrants crossing our border under President Biden’s watch isn’t the first time the U.S. has hosted foreign nationals en masse. During WWII, 400,000 German soldiers made the U. S.

During World War II, hundreds of thousands of German prisoners of war were sent to camps across the United States. Many arrived expecting humiliation, scarcity, and proof that America was divided and ...

After the collapse of Axis forces in North Africa, thousands of German prisoners were transported to the United States. Many ...

Follow the extraordinary journey of German and Italian POWs held in Minnesota during WWII. Held in Minnesota: Untold WWII POW Stories is a Pioneer PBS documentary film about the forgotten history of ...

During World War II, the U.S. began amassing huge numbers of German prisoners when the Afrika Korps, the Wehrmacht’s elite desert troops, surrendered to the Allied forces at Tunisia in May 1943. As ...