1944 GERMAN POW'S AT LEWES CCC CAMP

CAPE HENLOPEN & BEYOND HISTORY

1944 GERMAN POW'S ARRIVE AT LEWES CAMP

Salisbury Daily Times, Wednesday, June 14, 1944:

Lewes, June 14:

The arrival here yesterday of the first German POW's to be used for labor in several Sussex

county factories created less disturbance than did the blocked proposal to bring Japanese American's labor last March.

The war prisoners are housed in the former CCC camp a mile out of town, practically

at Lewes' front door. Today, curious persons began passing by the camp but there were no

demonstrations or objections noticed. 60 of the prisoners here at the CCC camp will work at cannery and farm jobs. Stockley Brothers cannery at Rehoboth has been using 40 workers who come from Fort Delaware everyday under guard at the canning house and said they are good workers and get along well with civilians working there.

Other Sussex businesses , Houston White at Millsboro, Marrvel Packaging at Laurel,

Pearson Brothers at Seaford and Rehoboth's Stokely have contracted for the prisoners labor.

The fish processing company’s at Lewes beach had wanted labors also but the military said

they are too near Fort Miles.