French Internee Camp at Milejgany in Lithuania

Notes:

Six hundred French hostages lived in the reprisal camp at Milejgany in Lithuania in January 1918. The conditions were harsh since their captors did not allow the internees to start fires despite temperatures below twenty degrees Centigrade.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Crime, Hostages, French Internees, Milejgany, Lithuania, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: L'Album de la Guerre, 1914-1919, Tome III, Paris: Illustration, 1926, 1170.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/318