Please enjoy your visit as you experience this movie, and discover a little about this almost forgotten,
yet fascinating facet of American History.
In this scene from the movie, Hans
Riefenstahl (Norbert Weisser) is
leading a funeral service for a
fellow German POW who died at
the camp.
German POWs were given flags and
the materials to build crosses so
they could hold funerals to honor
POWs who died while being held
captive.
The set for the movie followed the
standard layout of typical German
POW camp. While the camp portrayed
in this movie was fictitious, it is based
on fact.
By the end of the war, camps were in
almost every state in the US, with the
majority of them in the South or
Midwestern U.S. Some camps held as
many as 6,000 POWs.
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In this scene, the body of POW Schmitz is
being exhumed. Evidence indicated that
he was murdered by Nazi POWs instead of
dying from natural causes as the Camp
Commander said.
This scenario is based on true events that
happened at some of the camps.
Eventually, Nazi POWs were separated
from the regular German Army POWs and
placed in camps of their own.
A condensed presentation of this film is
also available on the fansite of one of
the actors in this film, Norbert Weisser,
who portrayed the character of Hans
Riefenstahl.
My deepest thanks to Brent Berry who
provided the majority of the
photographs used in the Behind the
Scenes section of this site. Brent was an
extra in this film, and is a professional
photographer and artist.
This site is inspired by a made-for-TV movie from 1991, The Incident. This film was written by the
creative team of James and Michael Norell, and was directed by Joseph Sargent. This movie stars
Robert Carradine, Peter Firth, Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan, WIlliam Schallert and Norbert Weisser.
This incredible movie is presented in detail through screencaps and synopsis. A special bonus is a
section with several behind the scenes photos. As a follow-on to the film, this site also includes some
interesting facts and anecdotes regarding the German POWs that were brought to America during WWII.
This website is dedicated to all those individuals who served, and especially
to those who were held captive -- no matter what country or what war.
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