DANA MUELLER
WORKS: THE DEVIL'S DEN: 2009-present
Camp Somerset, near Westover, Somerset County, Maryland 2009
A former National Guard facility five miles south of Princess Anne is used today as a migrant labor camp.
In 1944 German POWs were contracted to local farmers, canners, and foresters for eight cents a day. Prisoners were treated well and their work supported the U.S. war effort. One prisoner made several "practice escapes" during which he actually left the camp and returned before making his final escape. Escapes increased towards the end of the war, as some prisoners did not want to be sent back home.
Archival pigment print
24x30 inches & 30x40 inches
A former National Guard facility five miles south of Princess Anne is used today as a migrant labor camp.
In 1944 German POWs were contracted to local farmers, canners, and foresters for eight cents a day. Prisoners were treated well and their work supported the U.S. war effort. One prisoner made several "practice escapes" during which he actually left the camp and returned before making his final escape. Escapes increased towards the end of the war, as some prisoners did not want to be sent back home.
Archival pigment print
24x30 inches & 30x40 inches
All images copyright Dana Mueller, 2012. Portfolio design by Neon Sky.