Enemies in love

by Alexis Clark · 2018

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"This is the nonfiction love story of Elinor Powell, an African American army nurse, and Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war. The two met when black army nurses were put in regular contact with German POWs who were detained in the United States during World War II, an unlikely and little-discussed circumstance during one of the most documented periods in history"—

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 251 pages

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