Iowa Portion of Filming Of Movie “Silent Night In Algoma” Completed

(Algona, IA) The Iowa portion of filming for a movie about a World War Two camp near Algona for German prisoners has concluded. They were shooting at several locations in Kossuth County for the film “Silent Night in Algona” during the first three weeks of November. The movie tells the story of six German P-O-Ws at Camp Algona who created a nativity scene while being held there. Actor Bejo Dohmen a native of Cologne, Germany who plays one of the P-O-W’s and says it is an important story to tell. Dohmen says not all German soldiers back then were Nazis — many were young guys who were forced into war and they’re just normal people like everyone else.  “Silent Night in Algona” is scheduled for release in November of next year.