Senate votes to study treatment of Germans in U.S. during World War II

[stephanie]

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Associated Press - June 9, 2007 10:55 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) - Seventeen-year-old Eberhard Fuhr was taken out of his high school classroom in Cincinnati during 1943, and arrested by FBI agents. He was sent off to an internment camp in Texas for so-called "enemy aliens" and spent the next four and a half years there with his family.

Thousands of Germans experienced a similar fate. But they were detained in far fewer numbers in this country than Japanese.

The stories of the Germans have gotten little attention so far.

But the US Senate took a step toward changing that this week, voting to look into the treatment of Germans and other Europeans in the United States during World War Two.

But the legislation's status is uncertain because it was passed as an amendment to the immigration bill, which stalled in the Senate.

However -- just getting a vote on the issue was an accomplishment for Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, who represents a large German population.

Feingold's "Wartime Treatment Study Act" would set up a commission to examine the treatment of German, Italian and other Europeans. It would also set up a second commission to look into how Jewish refugees fleeing persecution were treated.
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[avatar4321]

And Democrats were saying Republicans were wasting time when they put up amendments to ban gay marriage. This measure has about as much worth as Rosie's opinion.

On the plus side, if they ever did spend time investigating this matter (assuming they detached it from the dead immigration bill), it would keep Democrats from ruining this country. If they get caught up in stupid things they cant screw up the important ones. Of course they cant solve them either but im not sure id trust any solution they came up with.

[Doniston]

And Democrats were saying Republicans were wasting time when they put up amendments to ban gay marriage. This measure has about as much worth as Rosie's opinion.

On the plus side, if they ever did spend time investigating this matter (assuming they detached it from the dead immigration bill), it would keep Democrats from ruining this country. If they get caught up in stupid things they cant screw up the important ones. Of course they cant solve them either but im not sure id trust any solution they came up with. I must admit, that I would be much happier of congress would consentrate on our present problems instead of revisiting history.

[Gaffer]

It's a job for historians, not congress. Just another waste of taxpayer money.

[Hugh Lincoln]

Hmmm... One would not expect a Jewish politician to focus positive attention on Germans, but maybe he's got something up his sleeve. Getting re-elected is one thought.