Date of Award:
5-1967
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
History
Committee Chair(s)
Douglas D. Alder
Committee
Douglas D. Alder
Committee
C. B. Ahlstrom
Committee
Lucille Pratt
Abstract
The United States offered an ideal situation for prisoner of war camps during World War II. The remoteness of the states of Utah and Idaho offered also an ideal situation to intern prisoners.
The United States established 141 base camps and 313 branch camps. Out of this number, Utah and Idaho represented a total number of nine base and twenty-one branch camps. Utah and Idaho had under their supervision approximately 11,660 or 3.6% of the prisoners in the base camps.
The Utah and Idaho camps were under supervision of the United states War Department. Their basic source for the administration came from the written provisions within the International Red Cross Geneva Convention of 1929.
It was discovered that a few former Italian and German prisoners of war have returned to live in Utah and Idaho. Also many other individuals that were connected with the camps have added their personal contributions.
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Recommended Citation
Busco, Ralph A., "A History of the Italian and German Prisoner of War Camps in Utah and Idaho During World War II" (1967). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 1647.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1647
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