Wed, Nov 16
|Online Event
YouTube Recording of "Stark Decency: New Hampshire's World War II German Prisoner of War Camp"
This is an on demand link to a YouTube recording of Allen Koop's November 15, 2022 presentation about the history of the Camp in Stark, NH, where over 300 German prisoners were held during WW2 and its impact on our country and state. Use of the RSVP button is not needed.
Time & Location
Nov 16, 2022, 12:00 AM – Nov 29, 2022, 12:00 AM
Online Event
About the Event
"Stark Decency: New Hampshire's World War II German Prisoner of War Camp"
With Allen Koop, author. Ph.D. and teacher of European and American history at Dartmouth College.
{This program is made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities "Humanities to Go" program.}
During World War II, 300 German prisoners of war were held at Camp Stark near the village of Stark in New Hampshire's North Country. Allen Koop reveals the history of this camp, which tells us much about our country's war experience and about our state.
Allen Koop has earned a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Koop currently teaches European and American history at Dartmouth College and has published books and articles on New Hampshire and American history including Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village.