Library seeks Alva POW camp photos

 

October 22, 2017



The World War II prisoner of war camp is a unique feature of Alva’s history. The Alva Public Library has been awarded a grant to learn about preserving history through images and wants to focus on this portion of community history.

The library is searching for any images of the prisoner of war camp that was located in Alva. Images of this time period are very limited due to the ban on photography of this government installation. The hope is that photos might be privately held in family collections and that individuals would be willing to share the photos so that they could be scanned.

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