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In the news: WW2 POW camp in Stark, NH

Posted by Kim on April 09, 2010 at 8 a.m.
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The Coos County Democrat featured a small reunion that took place recently at a WW2 POW camp located in Stark, NH.

According to the article:

two former camp workers and one German ex-prisoner-of-war returned to the site to reflect on their time spent in Camp Stark during World War II, and the unlikely friendships that formed amongst the soldiers, civilians, and POWs on both sides of the fence.

Author: Kayti Burt
Publication: Coos County Democrat
Length: 1,148 words
Date: March 31, 2010

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Historian speaking in Norwich, VT this Weds.

Posted by Kim on March 01, 2010 at 11:09 a.m.
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(We'll start more active blogging soon. Meanwhile, here's a timely item that we came across.)

Historian Allen Koop, author of Stark Decency: German POWs in a New England Village, will be telling the story of New Hampshire's only World War II prisoner of war camp this week in Norwich, VT.

The event is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's Humanities Lecture Series called First Wednesdays.

According to the Norwich Public Library's website:

[Koop] describes how ordinary people in Stark turned bitter division into camaraderie.

title: Stark Decency: German POWs in a New England Village
speaker: Allen Koop
where: Norwich, VT
location: Norwich Congregational Church, 15 Church Street
date: Wednesday March 3, 2010
time: 7:00pm
cost: Free!
notes: Open to the public. For more information, call 802-649-1184.

(Update: changed the post title.)

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