Record #:

44737

Author(s):

Campbell, Brad

Abstract:

"In 1917, more than 2,000 German officers, sailors and civilians were taken in by a small town in Madison County, finding common ground amid a global conflict." In the spring of 1917, the U.S. government had selected the town of Hot springs as an internment camp for "officers, sailors, and passengers who'd been on civilian German ships caught in U.S. and U.S.-controlled harbors upon America's entry into the war."

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 93 Issue 12, May 2026, p48-56, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Madison County--History; Internment Camps--WW I--Madison County; Hot Springs--History--WW I