Ten German prisoners held in the Recklinghausen internment camp wait to be questioned by American investigators from the U.S. Ninth Army for their roles in the alleged murder of American pilots and the mistreatment of slave labores and prisoners during the war.

Ten German prisoners held in the Recklinghausen internment camp wait to be questioned by American investigators from the U.S. Ninth Army for their roles in the alleged murder of American pilots and the mistreatment of slave labores and prisoners during the war.

When U.S. Ninth Army troops captured the concentration camp for Soviet civilians located near Recklinghausen, Germany, they converted it into a separation center for prisoners of war and war criminals. After the first German prisoners arrived at the camp they were sent to the interrogation department, which was supervised by Captain Harold Puttfer and Lieutenant H. Goodman. The camp had three sections called "cages." One of these was for women, another for persons incarcerated for minor offenses, and the third for hardened criminals. All three sections were filled to capacity, totalling 20,000 prisoners.