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Windfall Indiana World War II POW Camp

Coordinates: 40°21′56″N 85°57′10″W / 40.365496°N 85.952902°W / 40.365496; -85.952902
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Windfall World War II POW Camp

Windfall Indiana World War II POW Camp was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp from 1944 to 1945 in Windfall, Indiana, United States.[1] The camp was located near the site of the Windfall High School.[2] The location, on the northeast side of town, is now home to a mobile home community. At its peak the camp housed 1,500 German prisoners and their prison officers. The prisoners were put to work laboring on local farms.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Memories from those who were there - German Prisoners of War Camp". Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ^ "Windfall Prisoner of War Branch Camp". Indiana Military. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. ^ ""Eden for Enemy Prisoners": The Role of International Humanitarian Law in Indiana During World War II". Indiana Legal Archive. Retrieved 2016-04-14.

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40°21′56″N 85°57′10″W / 40.365496°N 85.952902°W / 40.365496; -85.952902