Despite how the Nazis and Japanese treated their POWs (horrendously), German prisoners were treated well.
According to the Geneva Convention of 1929, the US had to provide living quarters for the prisoners comparable to the it’s own military living quarters.
The lives of the prisoners was fairly cushy by prisoner standards. They were allowed to work for a living wage, and in this way, contributed to the Allied War effort.
Wine and beer was sometimes available, and playing sports was encouraged.
Maybe most surprisingly though was that the German prisoners were actually allowed outside the camps without guards.
They were expected to adhere to the honor system and not run away. Surprisingly, perhaps because they were treated so well, this technique worked.
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