While there were POW camps for German and Italian prisoners, there were no internment camps for German-American or Italian-American civilians, like there were for the Japanese American civilians. The internment of the Nisei was racism pure and simple.
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don;t think al ot of people knew about the German and Italian POW camps we > had here in the US...that is possible. > > Eric > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >Meanwhile how many people realize that we had concentration camps here for >> Japanese Americans during WW2? >> >> I think that's standard ed in the US. You left out the Germans and >> Italians. >> >> >> > Or what American has ever heard of Dresden, Germany? Honestly someone >> should have been nailed for war crimes related to Dresden but you almost >> never hear about it in America and certainly never in our history classes. >> >> Doesn't ring a bell but it was a long war. Lot's to learn. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318473 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
