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Lesson Plans
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| Camp Stark, New Hampshire, World War II Prisoner-of-War Camp |
| Materials Included in the Lesson |
| Study sheet to accompany John Hammond Moore's article, "Hitler's
Afrika Corps . . . in New England," Yankee Magazine (June, 1976): 83-88+. |
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1. Why and when were POWs from Europe sent here?
2. What is the Geneva Convention? Research the document and highlight its main points. Then compare and contrast
by researching the treatment of American POWs in Europe and Asia and Axis POWs in the United States. Research could
bring up some debate.
3. In many camps Nazi and anti-Nazi groups battled each other despite efforts to separate them. The real hard-core
Nazis were weeded out and sent west to a camp in Alva, Oklahoma. Why? What were the different factions fighting
for?
4. Camp Houlton was considered to be a typical camp. What was the camp like? Compare it to Camp Stark by creating
a chart.
5. Note the reasons, methods, and destinations that POWs used to escape their camps - especially the Hobbstown,
Maine, piece.
6. Relate the curious story of escape made by a Camp Stark POW.
7. Discuss the methods and reasoning behind the United States handling of the POWs when the war was over. |
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