Who was interned in POW Germany camps?

Answer 1

It all depends on what country you belonged to However if you were a citysen or had a racial connection to an enemy country you were locked up for the duration of the war. these internments were more a move to stir up the locals than a way of looking after the security of the nation.

If you are talking about internment in the US, all Japanese, Germans, Italians, and Japanese-Americans were interned without exception. German-Americans and Italian-Americans were interned selectively; those suspected with Axis sympathies, which was fortunate as two of our Allied theater commanders (General Eisenhower and Admiral Nimitz) were Americans of German descent. The US was not the only country to intern people. In Palestine, Jewish refugees were interned by the British. Aircrew and escaped prisoners from belligerent countries were interned in Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal. Of the sixteen bombers in the Doolittle Raid, fifteen crashed in China, but one landed in Vladivostok, and its five crewmen were interned. The USSR was already fighting Germany and Italy, but not yet at war with Japan. There were certainly other internments in other countries, both neutral and belligerent.

* It should be noted that internment did not always mean being locked up. Allied aircrew who were forced to land in Switzerland had a great deal of freedom as long as they did not attempt to leave the country before the end of the war.

* The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (aka the Nesei Regiment) was made up of Japanese-American internees and commanded by white American officers, like the Afro-American 54th Massachussetts Infantry in the Civil War, and the 9th and 10th Cavalry afterward. Like these earlier US regiments the 442nd is also famous for their bravery and high casualties, but they also suffered racism and were used as expendable troops. Yet, the Nesei soldiers at least had a flag to fight for, and it was a way out of internment which was not available to most World War 2 internees.

* The Italian military was less effective than those of Germany and Japan, but Italy was very good with cloak and dagger, and sabotage was the main fear. The US struck a deal with imprisoned mobster Lucky Luciano who still ran the New York docks from his prison cell. Luciano kept his side of the deal, and there was no sabotage for the duration of the war. When the war ended, the US kept its side of the bargain by releasing Luciano from prison....with an extra surprise.....as his US citizenship was revoked and he was instantly deported back to Sicily.

* The US internments are a subject of debate even today. Japan had spies of course, but there was never a single instance of treason among the Japanese-Americans. Their Constitutional rights were certainly violated, and some died in the sordid internment camps, but there is no way to calculate the lives saved from US civilian retribution after Pearl Harbor, just as there is no way to fully quantify the lives saved by use of nuclear weaponry against Japan in 1945.

Answer 2

some group of people (hope this helps!)

Yes, some groups of people, actually! We don't like to think that we, here in the USA, at any time, actually suspended human rights to ethnic groups; yet, during WWII, we put many US citizens of Japanese, also in some cases, German descent, into quite primitive internment/concentration camps, throughout the western USA. Most of these people also lost all their properties (real estate, homes, businesses, bank accounts, possessions) during the relocations. Recently, survivors of this treatment were given official govt apologies, and if they could document their losses, some reparation. It is a sad chapter in American history / ideals, of racism and fear being used as an excuse to imprison certain American citizens and deprive them of their constitutional rights to a fair trial before imprisonment.

Answer 3

Japanese Americans

My VersionInternment Camps were used By The Germans, Russians and Americans during the WWII

The USA used them to detain Japanese Americans due to a perceived security threat.

The Russians did not change their practices during the war and dissidents and Undesirables were held.

The Germans used them to house undesirables for Slave Labour. The people in them were undesirables like Foreigners, Gypsies, and all sorts that could be used as skilled slave labour.

Answer 4

Allied soldiers were in German POW camps.

German soldiers were in Allied POW camps.

Answer 5

German POWs.

Answer 6

The Japanese Americans