Swords Into Plowshares: Minnesota's POW Camps During World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0966900103
- ISBN-13
- 9780966900101
- Series
- Swords Into Plowshares
- Category
- Minnesota
- Pages
- 235
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Author
- Dean B. Simmons
Description
During World War II, several prisoner of war camps for German and Italian prisoners were established in Minnesota. The camps in Princeton, Moorhead, Hollandale, Ada, Crookston and Warren were farm-labor camps. Camps were established for canneries in Ortonville, Howard Lake, Olivia, Bird Island, Wells, Montgomery and Faibault. Multiple industry camps were at New Ulm, Fairmont, Owatonna and St. Charles. There were logging camps at Remer, Bena, Deer River and Grand Rapids.
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