German POWs Were Stunned — America Let Them Watch Movies Behind Barbed Wire

Описание: During World War II, more than 370,000 German prisoners of war were transported to camps across the United States.
Most expected starvation, humiliation, or endless hard labor under a merciless enemy.
Instead, they stepped into a world they couldn’t have imagined — clean barracks, organized recreation, medical care, fair discipline, and in some camps… weekly movie nights.

In a surreal twist of history, German POWs found themselves sitting in makeshift camp theaters, watching Charlie Chaplin comedies, Hollywood musicals, Westerns, and American newsreels projected onto a white sheet.
For men raised on Nazi propaganda, this unexpected window into American life was both disorienting and transformative.

This documentary uncovers:
• why the U.S. treated POWs so well compared to expectations
• how movie nights became a psychological tool inside the camps
• letters and diaries describing the shock of seeing American culture firsthand
• how Hollywood films challenged beliefs many prisoners had carried since childhood
• why some POWs later said captivity changed their worldview forever
• the hidden purpose behind entertainment in POW camps
• and how cinema became an unlikely bridge between enemies

Inspired by historical accounts — with certain scenes dramatized for storytelling — this film reveals an astonishing, little-known chapter of WWII:
the nights when German soldiers sat behind barbed wire and watched the world of freedom unfold in front of them.