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In 1945, There Was a POW Camp in Rhinelander


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This week's A Northwoods Moment in History comes from a question to our Curious North series. Patty Fitzpatrick from Rhinelander recently asked: Is it true that there was a POW camp in Rhinelander during World War II?" To answer Patty's question, here's Gary Entz for this week's A Northwoods Moment in History . In the early years of World War II, German prisoners captured in battle were held in Great Britain. However, in 1942 a rumor spread that Hitler planed on air dropping weapons to his
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