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Walloon Barracks at Goettingen
- Notes:
- French-speaking Belgian prisoners of war lived in this barrack at Goettingen. The Walloons' facilities were comfortable; they had access to desks and a large collection of books. Their walls are decorated with a number of pictures. Goettingen was a propaganda camp for Belgian POW's, who received special privileges during their incarceration.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Subject Topic:
- Germany, Goettingen, Camp Order, Quarters, Propaganda, Entertainment, Art, Reading, Belgian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History
- Rights:
- No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Carl Stange, “Das Gefangenlager in Goettingen,” Goettingen: Verlag Louis Hofer, ca. 1915, 47.
- URL:
- https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1117