Editing Atlanta, Nebraska (section)

==Camp Atlanta==
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During [[World War II]], Camp Atlanta was established next to the town as an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Prisoner of war camp|POW camp]] to house German POWs. The Atlanta area had been the final choice of the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] to establish a $2 million POW camp after the outbreak of World War II. When construction began in September 1943 people were told this would be a "Conchie Camp" for the [[conscientious objector]]s from the United States. By November it became known by locals that Atlanta would be a prisoner-of-war camp expected to guard German prisoners. There were approximately 275 [[enlisted men]] and 60 [[military officer|officers]].

Soldiers were hired out to local farms to help retrieve the increased crop production demanded by the war. More than 30 local farmers sought assistance, paying the government for work completed by the POWs.<ref>(nd) {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060613215145/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/prisoners_war_dundy.htm Prisoners of War in Dundy County.]}} Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 7/5/07.</ref> Soon after the first of the year in 1946, some soldiers returned to live in Atlanta, and at least two of the Germans applied for [[Citizenship in the United States|U.S. citizenship]] and returned as well.<ref name="Smith, L. 1976" />