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    <title>Aliceville Museum houses artifacts from Camp Aliceville, a WWII prisoner of war camp - 1943-1945</title>
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    <summary><![CDATA[TAKE A STEP BACK IN TIME...where Rommel's troops spent their time in captivity.The internationally known Aliceville Museum houses artifacts from Camp Aliceville, a WWII prisoner of war camp where 6,000 German soldiers lived from 1943 to 1945.&nbsp; In the collection...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b>TAKE A STEP BACK IN TIME...where Rommel's troops spent their time in captivity.<br /></b><br />The internationally known Aliceville Museum houses artifacts from Camp Aliceville, a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II" rel="wikipedia">WWII</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner-of-war_camp" title="Prisoner-of-war camp" rel="wikipedia">prisoner of war camp</a> where 6,000 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans" title="Germans" rel="wikipedia">German</a> soldiers lived from 1943 to 1945.&nbsp; In the collection are uniforms, weapons, photographs, artwork and many other items handmade by German <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war" rel="wikipedia">prisoners</a>.<br /><br />The Museum offers a unique glimpse of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history" title="Military history" rel="wikipedia">military history</a>.&nbsp; The POW Collection, the largest of its kind in the United States, draws people from around the world.&nbsp; Also housed at the Museum are a US Veterans Military Collection and the 1948 vintage Coca-Cola Bottling Works.<br />

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