by GAIC_Admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Interned with Family in the Military
The Greis Story — Interned with Sons in the US Military My parents, Peter Joseph and Franziska Greis, were born near Cologne, Germany on April 9, 1891 and May 20, 1897, respectively. My father was a WWI veteran. They married in Germany after WWI and in 1922, my...
by GAIC_Admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Repatriated & Exchanged Families
My name is Bernard Levermann. My parents Kaethe and Bernard emigrated to the US from Northern Germany in the late 1920’s. I was born on June 25th, 1941 at New York Hospital. During World War II my family was interned in Crystal City, Texas. Because I was only a...
by GAIC_Admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Repatriated & Exchanged Families
The Eiserloh Story Mathias and Johanna Eiserloh met in Johanna’s hometown of Idstein, Germany after WWI, where Mathias was a civil engineering student. They shared a dream of emigrating to America and did so in 1922. They brought with them the hopes and dreams held by...
by GAIC_Admin | Oct 14, 2015 | Real People, Resident Internee, US Resident Internees
The Karl Vogt Story The following are excerpts/condensations of portions of the book, THE MISPLACED AMERICAN, which was compiled and edited by Ursula Vogt Potter and published by 1stBooks Library (now AuthorHouse) in 2003. These excerpts/condensations have to do with...
by GAIC_Admin | Oct 13, 2015 | Real People, U.S. Residents: a Japanese Family
Hisao Inouye’s Story While our website is about German American and Latin American residents interned during WW II, we are making an exception to post Hisao Inouye’s memoirs here. He was held in temporary facilities, a military prison, and various...
