Between 1943 and 1945 nearly fifty thousand German prisoners of war, mostly from the German Afrika Korps, lived and worked at seventy POW camps across Texas. Camp Hearne, located on the outskirts of rural Hearne, Texas, was one of the first and largest German prisoner-of-war camps in the United States. Waters and his research team tell the story of the five thousand German soldiers held there during World War II. The book reveals the shadow world of Nazism that existed in the camp, adding darkness to a story that is otherwise optimistic and in places even humorous.
- ISBN10 1603445536
- ISBN13 9781603445535
- Publish Date 24 June 2014 (first published 17 January 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Texas A&M University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 285
- Language English