Main Street in Goettingen

Notes:

Prisoners of war are busy washing their laundry outdoors on the Hauptstrasse (Main Street) of the prison camp at Goettingen. This "street" was the main thoroughfare in the camp and was bordered by the barracks. A garden is in the foreground of the photograph which included both flowers and vegetables. These crops helped to diversify the prisoners' diets during the summer.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Goettingen, Camp Order, Quarters, Entertainment, Gardening, Hygiene, Wash, Russian POWs, Allied POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Carl Stange, “Das Gefangenlager in Goettingen,” Goettingen: Verlag Louis Hofer, ca. 1915, 42.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1127