German language documentary available online. Zum Nazi verdammt. Das Schicksal deutschstämmiger US-Familien im 2. Weltkrieg, die in amerikanischen Lagern interniert wurden. Documentation directed by Michaela Kirst for Tangram Films, Deutschland, Bayr. Rundfunk, 2007, 52 Min. Many interviews conducted in English with voiceovers. Unfortunately, the online version ends 10 minutes early. Documentary aired on German and French network […]
“Medical Care for Interned Enemy Aliens: A Role for the US Public Health Service in World War II” American Journal of Public Health, by Louis Fiset, DDS, BA
“Return to Sender: U.S. Censorship of Enemy Alien Mail in World War II.” National Archives, Prologue Magazine, Spring 2001, Vol. 33, No. 1 by Louis Fiset, DDS, BA
Enemy alien program overview National Archives and Records Administration website
John Christgau was one of the first authors to research the Alien Enemy Program of WW II. His book, Enemies, was originally published in 1985.
In 2002-2003, Ursula Vogt Potter compiled THE MISPLACED AMERICAN, a collection of memoirs, originally both oral and written, from members of the Vogt family about what happened to them during World War II.
Heidi Gurcke Donald, a former internee from Costa Rica, reads an excerpt about her family’s experiences from her memoir, “We Were Not the Enemy.”
“Untrue and Unjust Accusations”1 As told by John Heitmann, Ph.D — Son History and past memories, especially recent past memories, were rarely topics of family conversation when I was growing up during the 1950s and 1960s. World War II, in particular, was off limits for discussion, and might as well have taken place in the […]
The Neupert Family Story My father and mother, George Neupert and Emma Hoechner Neupert, were both born in Germany. My father and his sister emigrated to the United States in 1928, and my dad brought my mother over the following year. My parents were married in June, 1931, and I was born on October 10, […]
Karen Ebel is a non-practicing attorney in New Hampshire and the daughter of former German American internee, Max Ebel.