German POWs in the US During WW2

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History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 1 August 2017

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Did you know that over 400,000 German POWs were settled in the United States during World War II? Did you know that they may have built some of the stone buildings that make up your town square? Or that they were responsible for bringing in America’s harvest in the fall of 1945 when most men were still off to war? Learn about this fascinating but understudied part of America’s history. TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher

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0:00.0	They were some of the most powerful men who've ever lived.
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0:06.9	and yet they were just as human, just as flawed as you and me.
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1:02.8	Welcome to the history unplugged podcast. The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,
1:09.4	Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world.
1:16.0	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:18.8	Hi everyone. Welcome to one of those in-between episodes where I answer any question that you have
1:27.8	about history. Today's question is very interesting, and it's about German POWs in the US
1:36.1	during World War II. The story begins for me, at least. I was walking on the University of Kansas
1:43.2	in Lawrence, Kansas. I noticed a building that had a really nice construction, and it was
1:49.2	made of stone and had nice masonry to it, and it was called Danforth Chapel. I looked on the
1:54.0	side of the building for the inscription of when it was built and it said 1946. I thought to myself,
1:59.9	that's odd because that means it would have been built mostly during World War II,
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