An Italian POW Eats Bread at Mauthausen

Notes:

A squatting Italian prisoner tears into a loaf of bread while another Italian POW watches in the prison compound at Mauthausen. By the end of the war, the Allied blockade had a serious impact on the quantity and quality of rations that the Austrians provided to prisoners. This desperate situation was compounded by the Italian government's decision to restrict parcel shipments to POW's in the Dual Monarchy after the Caporetto fiasco.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Austria-Hungary, Austria, Mauthausen, Camp Order, Quarters, Nutrition, Meals, Rations, Italian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Paolo Modugno, "Dal Sommergibile "Medusa" a Mauthausen," Frosinone, Italy: Claudio Stracca, 1919, 48B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1433