I used to work with a guy whose Father-in-Law was a farmer in South Alabama. He had a large number of German POWs working for him. He only had to pay them what they earned as a soldier which wasn’t much.
He gave them a bonus of a coca-cola and a pack of cigarettes. The prisoners would get Red Cross packages from Germany which contained among other things, cigarettes. The first thing they would do is throw the German cigarettes away.
There are always a few hard cases but these Germans, who were from the Africa Corps, seemed completely happy. I know the farmer got Christmas cards from several until he died.
some were at Camp Howze near Gainesville TX.
There was a POW camp for German soldiers near St. Charles, Minn not too far from where I live. One German soldier was so grateful for the kind treatment he received as a POW at the camp he decided to become an American citizen after the war.
Additional Germans were POW’ed near Bastrop, Luling, and Rockne TX .... Many German-speaking civilians in the area to serve as translators, helpers, etc..
But none helped German POW’s escape.