Prisoners of War in New Mexico Agriculture
Abstract of Interview
CONSULTANT:
Evelyn Huber
TAPE NUMBER: RG2000-021
DATE
OF BIRTH: May 18, 1908
SEX:
Female
DATE(S)
OF INTERVIEW: June 8, 2000
LOCATION
OF INTERVIEW: Consultant’s home
in Anthony, New Mexico
INTERVIEWER:
Ron Nelson
SOURCE
OF INTERVIEW: NMF&RHM___x__OTHER__________
TRANSCRIBED:
YES____x___ NO_______
NUMBER
OF TAPES: 1
ABSTRACTOR:
Ron Nelson
DATE
ABSTRACTED: July 7, 2000
QUALITY
OF RECORDING (SPECIFY): Good
SCOPE
AND CONTENT NOTE: Sources of
labor during World War II, including German and Italian POWs
DATE RANGE: 1941-1945
TAPE
ONE, SIDE ONE (only)
Consultant
said cotton and alfalfa was grown during World War II. She told of utilizing
German and Italian POWs delivered to the farm from Canutillo and guarded by an
American soldier. She said they mainly thinned the cotton crop and asked why so
much had to be planted only to be thinned. She states that Italians were
happy-go-lucky and the Germans more serious. The Italians sang a lot and seemed
to be happy in their work whereas the Germans tended to analyze everything. She
thinks they used braceros starting in 1945. They maintained housing for
the farmhand and laborers. She feels her husband was satisfied with their work
or would have spoken about it.
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