num_pages: 640
description: A significant and unique contribution to World War II literature, this book chronicles in meticulous detail the building and operation of the largest German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in the United States in Aliceville, Alabama. This history discusses how the residents of Aliceville helped build, operate, and supply the camp, as well as become inextricably intertwined with camp life and the 6,000 German POWs held there. Focusing on the relations between the captured Germans and local Americans, this title investigates the nature of war, peace, and the principles of human dignity.
language: English
title: Guests Behind the Barbed Wire: German POWs in America: A True Story of Hope and Friendship
titlecomplete: Guests Behind the Barbed Wire: German POWs in America: A True Story of Hope and Friendship
ratings_count: 26
publisher: Crane Hill Publishers