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Fort Stanton: a German Internment Camp

by Heidi | Jan 30, 2016 | Multimedia, Video

In 1941, German Merchant seamen from the scuttled luxury liner S.S. Columbus found themselves held in the U.S. America was not yet involved in WWII, and Fort Stanton, New Mexico, was chosen to house the 400 plus sailors. (More information about Fort Stanton)

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