Internment of German resident aliens and German-American citizens occurred in the United States during the periods of World War I and World War II. During World War II, the legal basis for this detent
Locations of internment camps for German enemy aliens during World War II
Instructions regarding the registration of German alien enemies, dated January 15, 1918
Excerpted page of the German alien enemy registration for Charles Bischoff of Stillwater, Minnesota
Germans building barracks in an internment camp during World War I
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have se
Internment of German Americans
…of World War I and World War II. During World War II, the legal basis for this detention was under Presidential Proclamation 2526, made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act. With the U.S. entry into World War I after Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, as well as the…
Campaign portrait, 1944
A young, unbreeched Roosevelt in 1884, aged 2
Eleanor and Franklin with their first two children, 1908
Roosevelt in 1912