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In the small town in eastern Colorado where I grew up, there was a chicken grower who used several long buildings on the edge of town. It seems these buildings were originally barracks for German POWs. Not many folks talked about this history, but I assume the POWs mostly worked on local farms; with so many men away in the service, I'm sure the prisoners' work was appreciated. There would have been some older folks who still spoke German, but those of my father's generation didn't as all things German became unfashionable during the first world war.
Most of the barracks/chicken barns were torn down back in the seventies, but one is still standing. I wonder how many folks know its history.
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