Windfall Indiana World War II POW Camp
Windfall World War II POW Camp
Windfall Indiana World War II POW Camp was a World War II German Prisoner-of-war camp from 1944 to 1945 in Windfall, Indiana, United States.[1] The camp was located near the site of the Windfall High School.[2] The location, on the northeast side of town, is now home to a mobile home community. At its peak the camp housed 1,500 German Prisoners and their Prison officers.The prisoners were put to work laboring on local farms.[3]
References
- ↑ http://kokomotribune.com/local/x518874726/Windfall-once-home-to-a-WWII-POW-camp/print
- ↑ "Windfall Prisoner of War Branch Camp". Indiana Military. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ↑ ""Eden for Enemy Prisoners": The Role of International Humanitarian Law in Indiana During World War II". Indiana Legal Archive. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
Further reading
- Contact the Tipton County Historical Society for the booklet "Returning to Remember" for first person accounts of the POW camp.
Coordinates: 40°21′56″N 85°57′10″W / 40.365496°N 85.952902°W
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