Russian Barber at Puchheim

Notes:

A Russian barber conducts a brisk business cutting hair for his fellow soldiers at the prison camp in Puchheim. Barbers performed a critical sanitary service in prison camps by keeping hair short which would reduce lice infestations in crowded barracks.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Puchheim, Hygiene, Barber, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Backhaus, "Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland," Berlin: Vertrag Hermann Montanus, 1915, Photo 106, 63.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/605