{"product_id":"lone-star-stalag-german-prisoners-of-war-at-camp-hearne-by-michael-r-waters","title":"Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne by Michael R. Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eLone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne by Michael R. Waters-This is a hardcopy book in almost new condition. The dustcover shows no shelf damage. The book is very clean. This 288 page book was published in 2004. It is a history of Camp Hearne, a large POW camp in Hearne, Texas. This camp held over 5,000 German POW’s who were mostly captured from the DAK. Between 1943 and 1945 nearly 50,000 German prisoners, mostly from the German Afrika Korps lived and worked at seventy POW camps across Texas. The story of Camp Hearne told here offers the first in-depth look at one of these camps and includes an archaeological study of the treatment and conditions of the German prisoners. Drawing on newspaper accounts and official records from the time, and the recollections of surviving POWs, guards, and local residents, Waters and his team have constructed a detailed description of life in the camp: educational opportunities, recreation, mail call, religious practices, work details, and the food provided. Also revealed are the more serious issues that faced the Americans inside the POW compounds: illegal alcohol distillation, suicides, escapes, hidden secret shortwave radios, and the subversion of postal services. Fascinating artifacts recovered from the site and from the collections of local residents add concrete details. Waters also discusses the national policies and motivations for the treatment of prisoners that prescribed the particulars of camp life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ruptured Duck, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51064088035634,"sku":"BK-77g","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1141\/9332\/files\/WW2_Book_Lone_Star_Stalag_Camp_Hearne_Waters_27869.jpg?v=1776262807","url":"https:\/\/www.therupturedduck.com\/products\/lone-star-stalag-german-prisoners-of-war-at-camp-hearne-by-michael-r-waters","provider":"The Ruptured Duck, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}