German prisoners formed in lines to march to Camp Aliceville in Pickens County, ca. 1943.

Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History

Prisoners of War at Camp Aliceville

German prisoners formed in lines to march to Camp Aliceville in Pickens County, ca. 1943. Enemy soldiers in Alabama prisoner of war camps experienced generally comfortable and humane conditions, in line with the 1929 Geneva Conventions.