The Fitchburg Historical Society invites the public to attend a free program on Wisconsin’s P.O.W. camps at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 at the Fitchburg Public Library, 5530 Lacy Road.
Most people are unaware that Wisconsin had POW (Prisoner of War) camps during WWII and are surprised to learn that there were 38 of them having a total of 20,000 POWs. In this presentation learn about POWs camps in the United States and Wisconsin. This presentation tells interesting stories of those who may have lived in a community that once had a POW camp, those who worked side by side with POWs and those who were once prisoners in a POW camp. You will find this presentation to be informative, educational and entertaining
Bob Block is a resident of Oregon. He retired after working with the Wisconsin Crime Lab in Madison for 34 years before retiring as head of the drug identification unit having testified in courts of law 500 times as an expert witness. He is an active member of the Oregon Area Historical Society and has an interest in historic topics…