How did we treat them? Why do we learn about Nisei in classes, but not German ill treatment?
2006-11-14 04:42:32 · 5 answers · asked by bluebelly83 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
the americans treated their POW fairly well according to my grandfather (he's been captured by you guys). he also told me that the germans captured by the russians were not that lucky. i guess you don't get to hear about it that much in schools because it's hard to feel pity for nazis.
2006-11-14 04:52:49 · answer #1 · answered by gabriela 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
From what I can remember from watching enough documentaries, German POWs were treated very well compared to how other countries treated American POWs. When a lot of the German POWs were being transported across the U.S., they couldn't believe the riches of this country. It just shocked them how this country lived. Once in the POW camps, they lived in better conditions and were fed better food than most POWs. That is not to say that some didn't try to escape. There were several escapes during the war, after all a prison is still a prison. All were eventually recaptured. Overall, they were treated very well.
2006-11-14 05:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many Germans liked America so much that, after they had been shipped back to Germany, they applied for, and emigrated to, the USA.
As everybody knows, Germans make good Americans, what with their work ethic and all.
And most German POWs were NOT Nazis; they were merely soldiers and sailors serving their country.
2013-09-14 19:04:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In General they were treated very well. The mortality rate of these prisoners was the lowest during the war. They were mostly given the opportunity to return home after the war. Amazing stat was the high percentage of them that returned to the United States in the ten years after the war. There were of course many escape attempts, (POWs are expected to try to escape)some of them were hurt or killed in trying to escape. But the numbers did not warrant any kind of formal investigation.
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2006-11-14 04:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't learn a lot about them because there really isn't much of a story there. They were treated well, many stayed here and became citizens. A far cry from the US imprisoning its own citizens (the Nisei).
2006-11-14 05:29:36 · answer #5 · answered by Who cares 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋