Between the end of 1942 and 1946, almost half a million prisoners of war were
were brought to the United States on transport ships. Even during the I.
Prisoners of war were also held in the USA during the First World War.
Every year on Remembrance Day, representatives of the consulates general commemorate the
Wreath-laying ceremonies for the German soldiers who died as prisoners of war in the
german soldiers.
In Camp Butler (Illinois) 30 war dead of the Second World War rest.
