Heartland A Historical Drama about the Internment of German-Americans in the United States During World War II |
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| Author:
| Simon, Lojo
Simons, Anita |
| Series title: | Social Fictions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-94-6209-585-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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Heartlandreflects on the intersection between these two historic events through the story of a German-born widow and her family who take in two German Prisoners of War to work their family farm. But the German-American family and the POWs bond too well for the townspeople to accept, and the widow is arrested, interned and eventually suffers a breakdown, which tears her family apart.
Heartlandreflects on the intersection between these two historic events through the story of a German-born widow and her family who take in two German Prisoners of War to work their family farm. But the German-American family and the POWs bond too well for the townspeople to accept, and the widow is arrested, interned and eventually suffers a breakdown, which tears her family apart.