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The Wooden Elephant A German POW Carved Now Tells A Story At A Sauk Rapids Museum [AUDIO]
['Jim Maurice']
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SAUK RAPIDS (WJON News) -- A wooden elephant carved by a German prisoner of war while he was in a camp in Kansas is among the artifacts you can find at the Benton County Historical Society and Museum in Sauk Rapids.
A German prisoner, identified as Hohn, carved a detailed wooden elephant from a simple block of wood.
One prisoner had promised John that if he could obtain a harmonica, he would carve a wooden elephant for him.
The wooden elephant sat on Will's TV for 50 years before he donated it to the Benton County Historical Society.
Fontaine says the new Minnesota Military Museum, which is opening this September near Camp Ripley, is interested in displaying the wooden elephant on loan.