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Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On February 14, 1946, the gates of Camp Algona closed, marking the end of an extraordinary chapter when northwest Iowa became home to 10,000 German soldiers who had once fought for Hitler's Reich. The last prisoners shipped out that month, and within months the 287-acre facility vanished, dismantled and sold piece by piece to locals who repurposed barracks into barns and guard towers into lumber. World War II forced America to confront an unprecedented challenge: what to do
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