Several Midwest states hosted internment camps as well as California and Texas. A convent in Cleveland, Ohio, the Home of the Good Shepherd, became home for some of these German Americans.

Several thousand persons of German extraction were exchanged for American soldiers held prisoners in Nazi POW camps during the war.

Although the internment of Japanese Americans is well known, the internment of German Americans has a much lower profile in American history.

On May 14, 2007, a traveling exhibit explaining this obscure chapter in American history will visit Massillon under the auspices of the Massillon Public Library and the Massillon Museum. The exhibit is a program of Traces Museum in St. Paul, MN, which focuses on World War II.

Persons wishing to see the exhibit may board the traveling museum, or "Bus-eum" as Traces has named this bus, and watch a brief film about the internment and see poster-sized photos of camps and those interned.

The "Bus-eum" will be located in the public parking lot of the Massillon Public Library from 2:30 until 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Preparatory to the exhibit, on the afternoon of Sunday, May 13, at 3:00 p.m., Mr. Eberhard E. Fuhr will speak about his experiences as an internee which began when he was 17 and concluded when he was 22 years of age. Mr. Fuhr has traveled throughout the United States for many years at his own expense talking about these experiences.

The library is not open for regular business on Sundays during May through September, but the auditorium will be open for this program.

The Traces Museum has additional information about the exhibit on their website.

Both the exhibit and the lecture are free.