German prisoners of war in U.S. learn principles of democracy.

German prisoners of war in U.S. learn principles of democracy. German prisoners of war in the United States have been taught the ideals of constitutional government under the direction of the Army's provostmarshal general. Prisoner-students attended classes and lectures in U.S. government, civics and geography and the English language, and listened to music by composers like Mendelssohn and Offenbach, long-banned in Germany. They were offered books by authors like Thomas Mann and Frans Werfel in twenty-five cent editions; saw motion pictures like Äbe Lincoln in Illinois", and were encouraged to publish their own free-press newspapers. The program reached 370,000 prisoners over a period of eighteen months. At fort Eustis, Virginia, site of a Special Project Center, 22,000 prisoners of war, especially selected for cooperation and anti-Nazi sentiment, attended the intensive training courses in democracy. Then they were returned to their homeland. A German prisoner of war addressing the "graduation class" at exercises marking the close of a course at the "School for Democracy" at Fort Eustis, Virginia.