How a German Soldier Became a Beloved American Farmer!

Описание: Discover the powerful true-to-history story of a German POW who arrived in America in 1944 expecting execution or brutal labor camps – and instead found a second life on a Minnesota farm. This film is inspired by documented experiences of German prisoners held in the United States during World War II, especially in rural states like Minnesota.

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Between 1942 and 1946, over 400,000 German POWs were brought to America, where many were sent to agricultural, logging, and food-processing jobs under Geneva Convention rules. Historical research shows they received regular meals, medical care, pay in camp scrip, and access to worship, often gaining weight after months of front-line starvation. In Minnesota, former POWs worked on family farms, in canning plants, and in the forests—exactly the world you see in this story. Farmers later recalled sitting down with them at the same table, and many POWs described their time here as “like heaven” compared to bombed cities and the Eastern Front.

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After the war, some of these men chose to stay, became legal residents, and ultimately American citizens—raising families and farming the same soil they once worked as prisoners. This video weaves those real patterns, testimonies, and documented conditions into one deeply human narrative about mercy, second chances, and what it truly meant when America treated its enemies according to its highest ideals.

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If you or your parents remember ration books, war news on the radio, or POWs working nearby farms, this story will feel both personal and profoundly familiar. Watch to the end to see how an enemy soldier became a beloved neighbor—and what that says about the generation that lived through World War II.

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