German Prisoners of War in Bayfield: A Little Known Story
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- It’s a little known but fascinating chapter of Wisconsin - and Bayfield - history. In 1945, the war in Europe came home in a most unusual way when thousands of German prisoners were put to work in farm fields and orchards bursting with fruit, filling the labor gap created when millions of Americans went off to fight the long world war. Dennis McCann tells how this came to be, and how Bayfield reacted to such unexpected, but welcome, help.
Very interesting and well done. Thank you, Dennis, and the Bayfield Heritage Association for producing this. I was unaware that there were WWII German POWs in Bayfield, I know that there are a German POW camp in Sidnaw in the Central Western Upper Peninsula. There is a documentary about that camp, produced by WNMU PBS channel 13,, Marquette. Thanks again, and thanks to my friend Gary Sherman of Port Wing, for alerting me to his excellent presentation.
My family lived next to the now Visitor Center until 2000. My grandmother used to say the prisoners would say hello and even flirt with the young ladies nearby.
Wow - do you mean that farmhouse on the corner of Terwilliger Road? In any case, what a cool piece of history to learn about first-hand from your grandmother. Thanks for sharing!
@@bayfieldheritageassociatio2503 You should send down a volunteer to record the stories still in the family.
Very informative..thank you
Anyone interested, try to track down a documentary, (not the movie), but it is okay, on THE WELSH GREAT ESCAPE.
A Welsh camp for German POWs
The story of that 'Great Escape,' compared to the tragic story of the Great Escape in Germany, is really a lovely story of the different natures of the people in control.
Full of funny stories, of unsuspecting Welsh people helping escapees, a group of POW's being caught because the local cows made a curious semi circle around the POW's hiding in a hedge, next to their paddock...
No German from that escape, escaped from Britain, in spite of the relaxed, easy going, naive Welsh people.
9:20 CAMP McCOY introduction and
10:30 description of different residents and who hated whom!
Really nice presentation.
Wisconsin is unknown to me, EXCEPT that you are a state that animal rescues love, as you are far more responsible about your dogs, and rescues in states like Texas, send so many dogs to you, for good homes.
Texas and a lot of Southern States in America have disgusting red neck reputations, around the world.
Wisconsin has a very good reputation, with their dogs