World War II POW Branch Camp
Old Dodge School served as one of two branch camps in Hall County housing German prisoners of war. On July 9, 1944, Leo B. Stuhr, president of the county Non-Stock Labor Association, announced plans to use the school for this purpose. About one hundred German POWs lived at this site while working in construction and agriculture. The POWs were repatriated to Germany in 1946, and the school briefly served as Grand Island YMCA headquarters before it was demolished in 1948.| HM Number | HMZZR |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Nebraska: Nebraska State Historical Society series |
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| Marker Number | 490 |
| Year Placed | 2011 |
| Placed By | Hall County Historical Society, Credit Management, and Nebraska State Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 3:45pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14T E 555421 N 4530386 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.92271667, -98.34178333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 55.363', W 98° 20.507' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 55' 21.78" N, 98° 20' 30.42" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 308 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 323 W 1st St, Grand Island NE 68801, US |
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