War Prisoners Returning to Compound in Nebraska for the Winter

Creator

Louis C. Aicher 1887-1977

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Identifier

Osswald010

Date

11-1-1943

Description

A convoy of trucks filled with people and equipment. The trucks are parked in front of one huge barn and several sheds at the Experiment Station which was the camp for holding the German prisoners of war. NOTE: The picture was taken by L. C. Aicher who was the superintendent at the Ft. Hays Experiment Station during this time. Film no. 2867G by L. C. Aicher (Information from "Ethnic and Historical research concerning the Volga Germans and Ellis County Kansas" located in the Center for Ethnic Studies.)

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Prisoner-of-war camps, Military convoys, Military vehicles--1940-1950

Rights

© Forsyth Library Special Collections, Fort Hays State University. May not be reproduced without permission.

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections.

Collection

Lawrence E. Osswald Collection

Repository

Forsyth Library Special Collections

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

Aicher, Louis C. 1887-1977, "War Prisoners Returning to Compound in Nebraska for the Winter" (1943). Lawrence E. Osswald Photograph Collection. 10.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/osswald/10

Language

eng