Prisoners of War in Iowa
Event Details
October 27, 2019 2:00 PM
Location: Victorian Home & Carriage House Museum
308 W. 3rd St.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Contact Name: Carrie Eilderts
Email: cfhistory@cfu.net
Phone: 3192665149
Website: https://www.cfhistory.org/what-we-do#EventsandPrograms
308 W. 3rd St.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Contact Name: Carrie Eilderts
Email: cfhistory@cfu.net
Phone: 3192665149
Website: https://www.cfhistory.org/what-we-do#EventsandPrograms
Event Description
Iowa housed about 25,000 German, Italian, and Japanese prisoners of war from 1943-1946. Algona and Clarinda were the main camps, holding about 3,000 POWs each. There were about 17 branch camps throughout the state, where the prisoners did short-term projects. Author Linda McCann spoke with people who knew the POWs or worked with them, and shares their memories. Free and open to the public.
