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Enemies in love : a German POW, a black nurse, and an unlikely romance / Alexis Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Alexis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Albert, Elinor Powell, 1921-2005.
- Albert, Elinor Powell.
- Albert, Frederick.
- United States. Army Nurse Corps--Biography.
- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography.
- Interethnic marriage--United States.
- Interethnic marriage.
- World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This is the nonfiction love story of Elinor Powell, an African American army nurse, and Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war. The two met when black army nurses were put in regular contact with German POWs who were detained in the United States during World War II, an unlikely and little-discussed circumstance during one of the most documented periods in history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Elinor
- Frederick
- Fighting Hitler and Jim Crow
- German POWs in the United States
- Prisoners and nurses
- A forbidden romance
- End of war
- An uncertain future
- Searching for acceptance
- Finally home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781620971871
- 1620971879
- OCLC:
- 1147702546
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