Published Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:05 AM

WWII exhibit ends BV tour Wednesday

Wednesday is the final day of the exhibit "Vanished: German-American Civilian Internment in Texas, 1941-1948" at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History.

The exhibit includes photos and artifacts from the internment of more than 15,000 German-American civilians in 60 camps and detention centers during and after World War II. Eight such camps were in Texas, including one in Hearne.

The program also features little-known stories of the more than 6,600 Germans, Japanese and Italians living in Latin America who historians claim were forcibly brought to the U.S. -- largely to Texas -- and held in camps.

The museum is at the Brazos Center in Bryan and is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, go to www.brazosvalleymuseum.org.

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