When German Female Prisoners of War Arrived in the U.S. After World War II, They Expected Harsh Labor and Starvation — But Instead Found Barbers, Tailors, Laundry Crews, and Even Sewing Rooms Waiting for Them Inside the Camps. Their Shocked Reactions Revealed a Truth No One Expected About Humanity in War. In the summer of 1945, as World War II came to an end, ships carried thousands of exhausted German prisoners of war across the Atlantic — not to punishment, but to a new kind of captivity that