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By Cosmos Mariner, July 7, 2021
Prisoners of War in Hitchcock County Marker
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1 ► Nebraska, Hitchcock County, Palisade — 451 — Prisoners of War in Hitchcock County —  |
| In January 1944 German prisoners of war from the Indianola camp came to a side camp here to help area farmers complete the 1943 corn harvest. Over the next two years the Palisade camp was activated and deactivated as needed to supply labor to . . . — — Map (db m176961) HM | |||
| 2 ► Nebraska, Red Willow County, Indianola — 552 — Indianola POW Camp — |
| The US built prisoner of war camps across the country during World War II. One such camp opened north of Indianola. It held mostly German soldiers captured in North Africa and Italy. Prisoners began arriving by train in November 1943. The camp was . . . — — Map (db m223474) HM | |||