Wash Day at Muenster

Notes:

Having just finished washing their uniforms, French prisoners hang their clothing outside the laundry to dry in the prison compound at Muenster. The laundry is in the center of a group of barracks. Clean uniforms were critical to prevent the outbreak of contagious diseases inside prison camps.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Muenster, Hygiene, Laundry, Wash, French POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "The British Prisoner of War," No. 11 (November 1918): 124.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/553