Russian POWs Building Security Fences at Buetow

Notes:

Russian prisoners install posts and unroll barbed wire to enclose the prison compound at Buetow. The POW's provided the labor for the construction of prison camps, which included setting up the security to keep them inside the compound.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Buetow, Camp Order, Work, Security, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Backhaus, "Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland," Berlin: Vertrag Hermann Montanus, Photo 41, 1915, 41.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/846