This list of Prisoner of War Camps, Italian Service Unit Camps, and Prisoner of War Hospitals is based on weekly reports located on NARA microfilm #66-538 (population lists June 1942-June 1946). Additional locations based on newspapers, interviews, and other NARA records (at College Park and Regional Archives).

The POW Camps in Nebraska during World War II included:

Alma, Harlan County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Arapahoe, Furnas County, NE (branch camp under Indianola)
Atlanta (Camp), Atlanta, Phelps County, NE (base camp)
Bayard, Morrill County, NE (branch camp under Scottsbluff)
Benkelman, Dundy County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Bertrand, Phelps County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Bridgeport, Morrill County, NE (branch camp under Scottsbluff)
Cornhusker, Hall County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta), now Cornhusker State Wildlife Management Area
Crook (Fort George), Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE (base camp)
Elwood, Gosper County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Fisher's Farm, Sarpy County, NE (branch camp under Algona, IA)
Franklin, Franklin County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Grand Island, Hall County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Hastings, Adams County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Hayes Center, Hayes County, NE (branch camp under Indianola)
Hebron, Thayer County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Indianola (Camp), Indianola, Red Willow County, NE (base camp)
Kearney, Buffalo County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Lexington, Dawson County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
Lyman, Scotts Bluff County, NE (branch camp under Scottsbluff)
Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, NE (branch camp under Scottsbluff)
Ogallala, Keith County, NE (branch camp under Indianola, sometimes under Scottsbluff)
Omaha, Douglas County, NE (branch camp under Crook)
Palisade, Hayes and Hitchcock Counties, NE (branch camp under Indianola)
Robinson (Fort), Crawford, Dawes County, NE (base camp)
Scottsbluff (Camp), Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, NE (base camp)
Sidney, Cheyenne County, NE (branch camp under Carson, CO, sometimes Scottsbluff)
Souix Ordinance Depot, Sidney, Cheyenne County, NE (base camp)
Weeping Water, Cass County, NE (branch camp under Atlanta)
West Point, Cuming County, NE (branch camp under Clarinda, IA)

Enemy alien internment camp:
Robinson (Fort), Crawford, Dawes County, NE

Cemeteries:
Robinson (Fort), Crawford, Dawes County, NE (transferred to Camp Butler National Cemetery in IL in July 1947)

There were 6 base camps, 24 branch camps, one Enemy Alien internment camp, and one cemetery in NE. More information in my book titled Prisoner of War Camps Across America and is available in Kindle format on Amazon and in Nook format on Barnes and Noble. The updated version of the book is available at https://www.gentracer.org/milpublications.html

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