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Max Ebel’s Rehearing Report
the Welcker Family Story
The Welcker Family Story by Rosita Welcker My name is Rosita Welcker. I am German citizen and live in Bogota, Colombia. My father’s name was Friedrich Paul Welcker. He was born in Moenchengladbach, Germany on April 4, 1902. He moved to South America in 1931 and first...
Joachim Rehbock’s Story
A brief history of Joachim Rehbock My paternal uncle Joachim F. Rehbock was born in Karlsruhe, Land of Baden-Wuertenberg, Germany on April 7, 1910. He was the third son (my father Arnold was the second) of Theodor Rehbock, professor in Hydraulic Engineering at the...
Heidi Gurcke Donald, Vice President/Treasurer
Heidi Gurcke Donald and her family were expelled from their home in San José, Costa Rica and interned in Crystal City, Texas, for fifteen months before her father, Werner Gurcke, was released on parole. A graduate of the University of California in San Francisco, she...
The Grabers
The Grabers, two young boys and their German-born parents, lived in New Jersey in an apartment building owned by a Polish landlord. When Hitler invaded Poland, the relationship became strained, so the Grabers moved. The landlord contacted the FBI. Mr. Graber worked on...
Ursula Vogt Potter, Secretary
Ursula Vogt Potter, a retired educator and Washington State native, is the daughter of a former German internee. In 2003, she published The Misplaced American, a compilation of family World War II memoirs centered on her father’s internment. Since then, she has been...
John Christgau, Director
John Christgau, a California resident, is the author of nine books. His novel Spoon won the Society of Midland Authors prize for "Best Fiction." ENEMIES, this country’s first book on the World War II Alien Enemy Control Program (AECP), was published by the Iowa State...
Lothar Eiserloh, Director
Lothar Eiserloh and his family experienced major upheaval with the advent of WW II. His father, Mathias, was arrested the day after the Pearl Harbor bombing. For two years his mother, Johanna, struggled daily to feed, clothe, and house her children, before the family...
Legacy of Crystal City’s Internment Camps
Robyn Ross's 2014 article for the Texas Observer, "Legacy of Crystal City's Internment Camps," discusses the Crystal City, Texas, Family Internment Camp of WW II, which provided much needed work for many Crystal City residents. The article outlines the history of the...
John Christgau
Author and historian, John Christgau wrote the first book published in the United States about the Enemy Alien Control Program, Enemies.
Heidi Gurcke Donald
Former internee and author Heidi Gurcke Donald's website
Jay Feldman
Author and historian Jay Feldman's website
Stephen Fox
Author and German internment researcher Stephen Fox’s website; his blog
Major Arthur D. Jacobs
Author and German internment researcher, Major Arthur D. Jacobs’ website
Priscilla Wegars
Author and historian Priscilla Wegars' website—She has a Table of Justice Department and U.S. Army Internment Camps and Detention Stations in the U.S. during World War II
Two Articles about German Latin American Experiences during WW II
Zach Dyer, a journalist based in San José, Costa Rica, wrote two articles in December 2014, about German Costa Rican experiences with arrest, internment, and expulsion from Costa Rica. The first, published in The Guardian on December 5, 2014, is entitled "Lost story...
Calls for Review of German Internment – H. R. 1357
Home Events History Internment Camps Real People Resources ContactCalls for Review of German Internment - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. R. 1357 On July 31, 2008, the House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 1357 commemorating the 20th anniversary of...
Tuna Canyon Detention Station (TCDS) Coalition Hosts First Multicultural Panel, “Discovering History in Your Own Backyard,”
On March 30, 2014, the Tuna Canyon Detention Station (TCDS) Coalition hosted its first multicultural panel, "Discovering History in Your Own Backyard," at 12953 Branford Street, Pacoima, CA. Sigrid Toye, Min Tonai, Reverend Dr. Yoshi Tsuyuki, and Grace Shimizu,...
Wartime Treatment Study Act of 2007
In May 2007, the Judiciary Committee of the Senate published a report on SB 621, an earlier version of the Wartime Treatment Study Act, recommending that it be passed. The Congressional Record of May 24, 2007 has Senator Feingold's comments on the bill starting at the...
Crystal City, TX Internment Site Archeological Survey
April 2013—William McWhorter, historian with the Texas Historical Commission, reports: "The Texas Historical Commission’s archeological survey of two sites of the former Crystal City (Family) Internment Camp was conducted between April 15-19 of this year [2013]. Last...
Internment Presentation at Kurt Vonnegut Library in Indianapolis
On January 26, 2013, Eb Fuhr (Palatine IL), Frances Ott Allen (Cinncinnati, OH), Alfred Wohlpart (Oak Ridge, TN), and Anneliese Krauter (McCordsville, IN) told a rapt audience at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, about the experiences they and their families had as...