Enemies in Love

Frederick had trouble sleeping after he met Elinor.

Elinor
TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD

HIS IS THE NONFICTION LOVE STORY OF ELINOR Powell, an African American army nurse, and Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war. The two met when black army nurses were put in regular contact with German POWs who were detained in the United States during World War II, an unlikely and little-discussed circumstance during one of the most documented periods in history.
I learned about Elinor Powell Albert in 2008. I became interested in black military history around that time after discovering I was a distant relative of Charles Young,