Members of the German military were interned as prisoners of war in the continental United States during World War I and World War II. In all, 425,000 German prisoners lived in 700 …

This playlist explores the extraordinary and rarely told stories of female prisoners of war during World War II.

In Western Europe, women were mobilized into auxiliary services and were seldom anywhere near the front line. Indeed, there were only one or two cases of female prisoners of war falling …

Although the German army captured nearly 95,000 American POWs, a little more than Belgians after the release of the Flemish soldiers, the Americans lacked the time and the opportunity to …

May 24, 2025 · Decades later, Martha Grüner wrote down her memories of the “women’s camp 517/2” in Karelia. She was one of more than 800,000 women and girls who were deported to …

More than 34,000 girls and women were trafficked and raped at these sites, mostly by German soldiers and Nazi police. The brothels also served as a “reward” for forced laborers and prison …

This documentary reveals the true story of how German women POWs, raised on Nazi propaganda, reacted when they arrived at Norfolk Naval Base and witnessed battleships, …

By mid-November a tri-party negotiation was in process between German and American diplomats, with the Swiss Red Cross as mediators, to come to terms in exchanging Reba for …

Jan 9, 2017 · British Auxiliary Territorial Service Lance Corporal Jean Burck of New Malden, Surrey, England speaks to a group of female German POWs at Camp Vilvoorde. The camp …

Sep 15, 2021 · By January 1944, Whittle was based in England, flying with troops from the front lines of Europe back to the safety of the English countryside. She flew more than 40 missions …