POW Guard Letter
Scope and Contents
The Ogden Defense Depot, designated as a POW camp on October 11, 1942, was one of the first ten camps in the country. An estimated 5,000 Italian prisoners and approximately 4,000 German prisoners were sent to the facility. The prisoners worked in local warehouses, farms, and orchard.
Dates
- Creation: 1943
Extent
1 Items (Photo copy of letter to Lillian Landis from Gauther Ridemow who was station at the POW Italian camp in Ogden - 1943)
Language of Materials
English
Publication Rights
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Cultural context
Geographic
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the WSU Stewart Library Special Collections Repository