Georg Gärtner, the last German POW in America

The last German POW in America

In 1985 a federal fugitive chose to turn himself in after evading an FBI manhunt for forty years. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As images of actual events are sometimes not available, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration. This episode deals with a period of conflict. All events are portrayed in historical context and for educational purposes. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Credit: The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

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