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Hendersonville POW camps in Henderson County NC during WWII
Local historian confirms two POW sites near Hendersonville and Mills River in 1944 45. One on Rev Bowen’s farm on NC 191 near Middleton Place, another at the WNC Fairgrounds later used as a migrant camp. German POWs aided farms, with most housed in tents. camps closed by Oct 1945.
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Henderson County
U.S
North Carolina
Jennie Jones Giles
Field Marshal
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Tennessee
Butner
Durham
Swannanoa
International Red Cross
Billinger
Hitler
Europe