Title: Swords into plowshares
First published: 2000
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.
Subjects: Prisoners of war, Concentration camps, American Prisoners and prisons, Military History, History, Military, Prisoners and prisons, American, World War, 1939-1945, Minnesota, Italy, Germany, Kriegsgefangenenlager, Weltkrieg (1939-1945), Italienischer Kriegsgefangener, Deutscher Kriegsgefangener
Places: Germany, Italy, Minnesota, United States
LC classification: D805.U5 S53 2000