Internees Walk Home from Germany

Notes:

Civilian internees simply collected their meager belongings and walked home from German prison camps after they learned of their release under the terms of the Armistice. They were eager to return home to Belgium and France and chose not to wait for transportation.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Repatriation, Internees, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Freedom’s Triumph: The Why, When and Where of the European Conflict. Chicago: Women’s Weekly, 1919, 89.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/24