Alien Enemies Standing in Line during a Transfer from Fort McPherson to Fort Oglethorpe, ca. 1918After America entered the war, President Woodrow Wilson declared all German citizens in the U.S. “alien enemies.” They were barred…
Alien Property Custodian A. Mitchell Palmer and His Executive Staff, 1918After the passage of the Trading with the Enemy Act in October 1917, all German citizens in the United States…
Peter, Val’s office after being raided, 1942Image of Val Peter’s office after being raided (circumstances are described in article), 1942.
Police Photograph of Edmund Resch, 1917In 1917, Australian police arrested German-born brewer Edmund Resch and took him into custody as an enemy alien. Resch, then…
Removing the HyphenAfter the outbreak of war, German-Americans were forced to declare their loyalty as “100 percent Americans.” Use of the German…