"North Carolina had a unique relationship with prisoners of World War II. The first German soldiers captured by American forces, U-boat men, were interned at Fort Bragg. Camp Butner was used to house POWs who claimed to be nationals of Allied states." "Using interviews with former prisoners and their guards, Red Cross and U.S. military reports, German-language camp newspapers, local print media, letters, memoirs, and other archival sources, Robert Billinger chronicles the German POW experience in North Carolina during the war."-- From the book jacket.

The German visitors: an introduction -- POW camps in the Tar Heel State: an introduction -- The Afrika Korps comes to Monroe -- North Carolina's two base camps: Fort Bragg and Camp Butner -- Branch camps -- Uncle Sam's willing and unwilling workers -- Escapes -- Reorientation programs at Camp Butner, Camp Mackall, and Fort Bragg -- Winding down: late-war and postwar reactions -- It's not over till it's over: memories of France and England -- Graves and memories -- Appendix: The Jakob Fischer case.