Karl Spindler was an Imperial German Navy officer who was involved in an arms smuggling operation intended to equip the Irish nationalists planning the Easter Rising of 1916.
Karl Spindler naval officer
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
Karl Spindler (naval officer)
…several returns to Germany to see his family, Spindler remained in the United States for the rest of his life. During World War II he was detained in an internment camp as an enemy alien, as he failed to get permanent residency or naturalization in the US. He was released in poor health at the end of the war. Karl…
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