||In the early 1970s a popular television comedy was set in the
most unlikely of places—a German prisoner of war (POW) camp. The
exploits of Hogan’s laughter to millions. The bumbling camp
commandant, Colonel Klink, (right) never figured out that the
POWs were really running the camp. ||Obviously, the series
hardly reflected the reality of life as a World War II POW. But,
in at least one respect, it was realistic: in almost every
episode there occurs a conversation between the prisoners and
the guards in which the requirements of the Geneva Conventions
are raised. Even inside the camp, the law, specifically the
Third Geneva Convention, must be obeyed. The law sets out the
duties, responsibilities, and rights of both the prisoners and
the guards. Nonetheless, it is unlikely that a real POW camp
would be a place where one would find a lot of frivolity. What
considerations go into establishing, and maintaining, a POW
camp? What should one really expect to find inside a prisoner of
war camp? Prisoners walking aro