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Door County History in Pictures

World War II prisoners of war line up in a field before being assigned to work in cherry orchards for the 1945 cherry season. By early August of that summer, 2,140 German POWs were working in county orchards. Photo from the Wilmer Schroeder Collection, courtesy of the Door County Historical Museum, 18 N. 4th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. Open 10 am – 4:30 pm daily, May 1 through Oct. 31.