Swords into plowshares
Subtitle: Minnesota's POW camps during World War II
By: Dean B. Simmons ; foreword by George H. Lobdell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Cathedral Hill Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Minnesota.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.; Prisoners of war -- United States.; Prisoners of war -- Italy.; Prisoners of war -- Germany.; Minnesota -- History, Military.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-235) and index.