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Presentation Schedule for 2004

February | March | May | November | December

February

Date & Time 15 February 2004 - 2:00p.m.
Topic: Far from Hitler: The Scattergood Hostel for European Refugees, 1939-43
Sponsor: Congregation Beth Shalom and the Sioux City Public Museum
Address: 815 38th Street, Sioux City, Iowa 51104
Contact Name: 712.255.7937
Contact Phone #: Marilyn Cohen
Contact Email: marilyncbs1@aol.com

March

Date & Time 10 March 2004 - 5:30 p.m.
Topic: Prisoners on the Prairie: German POW Labor in Midwest Agriculture in WWII
Sponsor: Living History Farms
Address: 2600 111th Street, Urbandale, Iowa 50322
Contact Name: Rick Finch
Contact Phone #: 515.278.5286
Contact Email: rfinch@lhf.org

May

Date & Time 16 May 2004 - 1:30 a.m.
Topic: Shadowy Bonds: Midwest Connections to Nazi Germany
Sponsor: St. Mathews Church Hall
Address: 1915 W. Kimberly Rd., Davenport, Iowa
Contact Name: Dean Rohweder
Contact Phone #: 309.263.2084
Contact Email: rohwedergd@dpc.net

November

Date & Time 9 November 2004 7 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Bertha Bartlett Public Library
Address: 503 Broad Street, Story City, Iowa 50248
Contact Name: Janice Thompson
Contact Phone #: 515.733.2685
Contact Email: scbbpl@iowatelecom.net

Date & Time 10 November 2004 noon
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Knoxville Public Library
Address: 213 East Montgomery, Knoxville, Iowa 50138
Contact Name: Janet Behrens
Contact Phone #: 641.828.0585
Contact Email: jbehrens@harenet.net

Date & Time 10 November 2004 7 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Winterset Public Library
Address: 123 North Second Avenue, Winterset, Iowa 50273
Contact Name: Nancy Trask
Contact Phone #: 515.462.1731
Contact Email: wintersetpl@prairieinet.net

Date & Time 11 November 2004 8.30-10 a.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Anita Public Library
Address: 1000 Victory Park Road, Anita, Iowa 50020
Contact Name: Sherry Waddell
Contact Phone #: 712.762.3639
Contact Email: anitapl@midlands.net

Date & Time 11 November 2004 noon-3 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Metropolitan Community College
Address: Building 10, MCC Campus, 30th and Fort Streets, Omaha, Nebraska
Contact Name: April Winans
Contact Phone #: 402.738.4627
Contact Email: awinans@mccneb.edu

Date & Time 11 November 2004 7 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Altoona Public Library
Address: 700 Eighth Street SW, Altoona, Iowa 50009
Contact Name: Kim Smith
Contact Phone #: 515.967.3881
Contact Email: krsmith@prairieinet.net

Date & Time 12 November 2004 1 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Zearing Middle School
Address: North Center Street, Zearing, Iowa 50278
Contact Name: David Robinson
Contact Phone #: 641.487.7411
Contact Email: drobnson@netins.net

Date & Time 13 November 2004 3-5 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Gutekunst Public Library
Address: 104 West Main Street, State Center, Iowa 50427
Contact Name: Catherine Noble
Contact Phone #: 641.483.2741, Donna Sampson and Jeff Merrill 641.485.3959
Contact Email: gutekuns@marshallnet.com

Date & Time 15 November 2004 noon
Topic: We Were Each Other’s Prisoner: German and Iowa POWs Trade Places during WWII
Sponsor: Hiawatha Public Library
Address: 150 West Willman Street, Hiawatha, Iowa 52233
Contact Name: Patricia Struttmann
Contact Phone #: 319.393.1414
Contact Email: struttmann@mail.crlibrary.org

Date & Time 20 November 2004 exhibit 10 a.m. – 2 p.m./lecture 10 – 11 a.m.
Topic: “We Were Each Other’s Prisoners: German and Iowa POWs during WWII”
Sponsor: Academic and Cultural Event Series/Buena Vista University
Address: Forum, 610 West Fourth, Storm Lake, Iowa 50588
Contact Name: Lisa Wagner
Contact Phone #: 712.749.2452
Contact Email: wagnerl@bvu.edu

 

December

Date & Time 6 December 2004 7 p.m.
Topic: Writing “Worthwhile” Letters and Journals (As Seen from a Historians’ Perspective)
Sponsor: Ames Public Library
Address: 515 Douglas Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010
Contact Name: Lynne Carey
Contact Phone #: 515.239.5640
Contact Email: lcarey@amespubliclibrary.org

Date & Time 7 December 2004 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Coon Rapids Public Library
Address: 123 Third Avenue, Coon Rapids, Iowa 50028
Contact Name: Cindy Goley
Contact Phone #: 712.999.5410
Contact Email: crlib@pionet.net

Date & Time 7 December 2004 7 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Grimes Public Library
Address: Old City Hall, Grimes, Iowa 50111
Contact Name: Karla Pfaff
Contact Phone #: 515.986.3551 ex. 201
Contact Email: library@grimes.lib.ia.us

Date & Time 8 December 2004 time TBA
Topic: Iowans’ Response to the Holocaust
Sponsor: Forest City Public Library
Address: 115 East L Street, Forest City, Iowa 50436
Contact Name: Christa Cosgriff
Contact Phone #: 641.585.4542
Contact Email: fcpublib@wctatel.net

Date & Time 15 December 2004 7 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: West Des Moines Public Library
Address: 4000 George M. Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Contact Name: Shirley Houghtaling
Contact Phone #: 515.222.3413
Contact Email: shirley.houghtaling@wdm-ia.com

Date & Time 21 December 2004 7 p.m.
Topic: Behind Barbed Wire: Iowa POWs in Nazi Germany
Sponsor: Worth County Historical Society
Address: corner of Central and 10th, Northwood, Iowa 50459
Contact Name: Peter Ausenhus
Contact Phone #: 641.324.4992
Contact Email: peter@beengineering.com