Quarantine Camp at Giessen

Notes:

A group of Allied tuberculosis patients stand outside the hospital ward in the quarantine camp at Giessen. A German sentry stands on guard duty to the left along the camp fence. War prisoners detected of communicable diseases were isolated from the general prison camp population to prevent the outbreak of epidemics.

Date Created:

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Giessen, Medical Care, Quarantine Camps, Camp Order, Quarters, Hygiene, Wash, French POWs, Allied POWs, German Guards, 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 Kriegsgefangenen, Zweite Folge," Frankfurt-am-Main: Literarische Anstalt, Ruetten und Loening, 1916, 67.

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https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1059