American internment camps
During the Second World War, the United States of America used internment camps for enemy civilians within the control of the government. German, Italian and Japanese families were housed in these camps. In addition, a number of families from South American countries were also interned within the borders of the USA.[1] Over 11,000 Germans and 3,000 Italians were detained, this included many having American citizenship, especially the German Americans.
See also
- Rheinwiesenlager
- Morgenthau plan
- Western Holocaust camps: Reuse of the camps
- Claimed mass killings of Germans by the WWII Allies
Further
- Allied atrocities
- Bombing of Germany during World War II
- Mass rapes by Allied forces during World War II
- Marocchinate
- The World Wars and mass starvation
- German Expellees (forced expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Germans)
External links
- The internment of German Americans in the United States during World War II
- World War II Civilian Internment Camp: Crystal City, Texas U.S.A.
- German and Italian detainees at Densho Encyclopedia
References
- ↑ List of German nationals repatriated from Central and South America to the American Internment Camp in Crystal City, Texas
