POW Garden at Soltau

Notes:

Prisoners augmented their meager diets at Soltau by gardening using seeds provided by a YMCA secretary. Rations could become monotonous in prison camps and fresh vegetables helped improve POW diets.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Soltau, Camp Order, Agriculture, Nutrition, Quarters, Garden, YMCA, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: YMCA Photo Collection, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Photo 23H.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/432