Audio: Digging up WW II history in Riding Mountain park
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Posted: Jul 15, 2011 7:32 PM CT
Last Updated: Jul 15, 2011 7:44 PM CT
Stanford University archeologist Adrian Myers talks to As It Happens about a Second World War prisoner-of-war camp in Manitoba where German soldiers were able to drink, go skiing and even dance with the local girls. He spoke to CBC from an archeological dig at the site of the camp in Riding Mountain National Park.
Archeology dig in Manitoba for POW camp remnants. CBC
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