More than 15 prisoner-of-war camps sprung up around Minnesota during World War II. Author David Treuer drops readers into this little-known historical moment in his new novel "Prudence."
The Line Of Duty actress, 40, is reduced to tears when learning how her great grandfather Harry Millership was captured alongside 130K other soldiers, according to the Mirror.
One very under rated getaway from Semarang in Central Java is a place called Benteng Fort Willem I. This partially abandoned fort hails back to the early 1800’s, and is a fascinating place to…
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Interned during WWI, circus entertainer Joseph Pilates used found materials and his fellow prisoners as his test lab, and imagined an exercise system that would captivate millions.
Introduce your students to Vivian Bullwinkel. This activity pack includes activities designed especially for upper primary students.
Located in the northwest quadrant of Iowa, the city of Algona is a perfect blend of undulating heavily wooded hills, fertile farmland, meandering river and uniq
One of the most severe complications of extended fasting, although fortunately very rare, is called the re-feeding syndrome. Complications with refeeding were first described in severely malnourished Americans in Japanese prisoners of war camps in World War 2. It has also been described upon treatment of long standing anorexia nervosa, and alcoholic patients. It is...
Introduce your students to Vivian Bullwinkel. This activity pack includes activities designed especially for upper primary students.
Their culinary legacies, written on scraps of paper or fabric, tell stories of hope and resistance.
Unbroken Nominated for 3 Oscars, a drama in which Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft before he’s caught by the Japanese and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Highly r…
There were not enough parcels to give one to every man. So the commandant had come up with another solution—they would hold a raffle.
During World War II, the state of Alabama was home to approximately 16,000 German prisoners of war (POWs) in 24 camps. The internment of these POWs significantly affected the social and economic history of Alabama. Indeed, with the German soldiers interacting with American guards and Alabama residents, the presence of Axis POWs brought the war […]
Introduce your students to Vivian Bullwinkel. This activity pack includes activities designed especially for upper primary students.
There are plenty of fun things to do in Whitby. We have picked out 36 of the best activities and attractions.
The story of Major Casdagli who used subversive stitching in WWII prison camps to give the Nazis the needle!
Hello. Today we have a review of the book Shogun by James Clavell. James Clavell (Sydney, 1921 – 1994) was a novelist, screenwriter and director, son of a Royal Navy officer. As a young offic…
A new documentary film explores the surprising history of a long forgotten German WWII POW camp near Lyndhurst, VA.
Camp Amache once held more than 7,000 prisoners of Japanese descent. The park's goal is to "tell a complete and honest story of our nation’s history," officials say.
Belle Isle is a 54-acre (220,000 m2) island of the James River in the city of Richmond, Virginia. Once home to a nail works, granite quarry, and hydroelectric plant, during the American Civil War, it was used as a prisoner-of-war camp. Today it serves as a city park. Belle Isle has many bike trails around the island, and has a small cliff used for rock climbing instruction. The main access to Belle Isle is by pedestrian footbridge from Tredegar St. on the north shore (zip code 23219). Alternate access is by wooden bridge near 22nd St. or by rock-hopping from the south shore. Parking tends to be crowded at Tredegar St. on weekends -- only about 50 spaces. Large flat rocks surrounding the island make for good sunbathing, but the water is rough around the rapids and not suitable for swimming. Children should be supervised. Additional features include wooded trails, mountain biking trails, interpreted historical sites, wheelchair-accessible fishing at the quarry pond, and a granite wall for rock climbing.
On June 6, 1944, news of the Normandy invasion spread through German prisoner-of-war camps like wildfire, igniting hope in Allied POWs.
Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated in the annexed Polish land during World War II. Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners who first arrived in May 1940. Plans for the total eradication of the Jewish population of Europe, eleven…
About 1,500 of Jehovah’s Witnesses died during the time of the Holocaust. Facts emerge amid ongoing research, revealing why and how the Witnesses were persecuted and where they died.
52 miles south of Birmingham, Alabama lies Clanton. It was first established in 1868. Locals called it "Goose Pond". Later, it was renamed in honor
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Haunting images of Auschwitz prisoners taken as they entered the camp have been rendered in colour in time for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp by Soviet troops.
