View of the Prison Hospital at Wetzlar

Notes:

A delegation of German doctors, French doctors and corpsmen, and a French nurse visit the hospital at Wetzlar. They stand in front of the hospital ward while prisoner patients stand behind a barbed wire fence. Red Cross inspections became a common practice in prison camps to ensure the best possible care of POW's under the care of the belligerent powers.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Wetzlar, Medical Care, Hospital Ward, Camp Order, Security, French POWs, Russian POWs, Belgian POWs, German Guards, French Nurses, German Doctors, French Doctors, French Red Cross, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Charles Correvon, "Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenlagern," Frankfurt am Main: Literarische Anstalt, Ruetten, und Loening, 1915, 48.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/735