Carpenters Shop at Muensingen

Notes:

The Germans employed prisoners with special skills to support camp operations. Russian POW's work on a number of projects inside the carpenter shop at Muensingen. They are building tables and cabinets with the various tools that are scattered around the workshop and on the walls. POW labor made prison camps self-supporting.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Muensingen, Work, Carpentry, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "Hinter dem Stachel-Draht," Stuttgart: Vertrag von Hugo Mathias, 1918, 49.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/542