Biography
Anton Zimmerman was individually identified as an internee and spokesman for the German internees at Camp McCoy in a November 28, 1942 Provost Marshal General letter forwarding his November 18 communication to the Swiss legation. This is direct contemporary evidence of his civilian administrative confinement. He is not silently identified with the separately named Hans Zimmerman.
Anton Zimmerman was individually identified as an internee and spokesman for the German internees at Camp McCoy in a November 28, 1942 Provost Marshal General letter forwarding his November 18 communication to the Swiss legation. This is direct contemporary evidence of his civilian administrative confinement. He is not silently identified with the separately named Hans Zimmerman. Civilian wartime administrative internment; no individual criminal charge or conviction is stated. The source’s permanent-internment terminology describes an administrative classification, not a life sentence. The receipt date, when supplied, is a facility-transfer observation, not a verified first arrest or beginning of all custody. No physical release date, complete custody duration, present custody status, ethnicity or ideology is inferred.
Original Camp McCoy civilian internment records, PDF page 63.