Enemies in love
Subtitle: a German POW, a black nurse, and an unlikely romance
By: Alexis Clark
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781620971864
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Medical care; United States; World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army Nurse Corps; American Prisoners and prisons; Interethnic marriage; African Americans; Biography
Description: "This is the nonfiction love story of Elinor Powell, an African American army nurse, and Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war. The two met when black army nurses were put in regular contact with German POWs who were detained in the United States during World War II, an unlikely and little-discussed circumstance during one of the most documented periods in history"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Elinor; title: Frederick; title: Fighting Hitler and Jim Crow; title: German POWs in the United States; title: Prisoners and nurses; title: A forbidden romance; title: End of war; title: An uncertain future; title: Searching for acceptance; title: Finally home.