When German POWs Saw America: The Shock of Reality

In 1943, a different kind of invasion of America began. Over 400,000 German prisoners of war, including the battle-hardened veterans of the Afrika Korps, arrived on U.S. soil. They expected barbed wire, brutality, and hatred. What they found was something far more powerful, and far more corrosive to their Nazi ideology: the shocking reality of American life.
This documentary explores the secret re-education program that unfolded in places like Camp Hearn, Texas. Through access to American abundance, democratic principles, and simple human kindness, these soldiers underwent a profound ideological transformation. Witness the story of how a nation's greatest weapon wasn't a bomb or a tank, but its own values. From the disbelief on the docks of Norfolk to the surreal experience of a Christmas celebration hosted by their enemies, this is the forgotten chapter of WWII that helped rebuild postwar Germany.
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