Minden, Nebraska -
German POW Urinal
In its youth it flushed the pee of World War II Germans in a Nebraska POW camp. Still on the job. Men, here's your chance to become a part of history.
- Address:
- 200 E. 12th St., Minden, NE
- Directions:
- In the Pioneer Village Campground next to Harold Warp's Pioneer Village. I-80 exit 279. Drive south on Hwy 10/Harold Warp Memorial Drive for 12 miles into Minden. Turn left onto E. 12th St. and drive two blocks to the campground. On the right.
- Phone:
- 308-832-2750
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German POW Urinal The sign above the urinal indicates it was salvaged from a WWII prisoner camp in Atlanta, Nebraska. A quick glance at a map of central Nebraska will show you that Atlanta, Nebraska, isn't too far from Minden, Nebraska -- home of tourist icon Harold Warp's Pioneer Village. The urinals are located in the adjacent Pioneer Village Campground.
I don't believe this particular item has been mentioned either on your site or in the Pioneer Village official brochure. Surely this is a courtesy to the campers. If such a treasure were advertised, their bathroom would be overrun with bathroom fixture historians and curiosity seekers.
Note the excellent condition of the fixtures. As I stood before the urinals, I didn't know whether to feel slightly amused or humbled, knowing that men who had suffered greatly, enemies though they may have been, had been there before me. [Jason Bayne, 11/23/2003]
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Harold Warp's Pioneer Village, Minden, NE - < 1 mi.
- Boot Hill Cemetery, Lowell, NE - 10 mi.
- Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, Kearney, NE - 12 mi.
- In the region: Nebraska Prairie Museum - German POW Story, Holdrege, NE - 23 mi.
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