“The purest pieces of home” : German POWs making German music in Iowa

The internment of over 375,000 German prisoners of war has become a footnote in the broad history of the United States’ involvement in World War II. Yet for Algona, a small town in north-central Iowa, a POW camp allowed the community to contribute to the war effort and to have a real encounter with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGinnis, Kelsey Kramer
Other Authors: Getz, Christine Suzanne, 1957-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2015
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2120
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6669&context=etd