Parcel Post Wagon Traveling to Merseberg

Notes:

Russian and French prisoners pull a wagon full of correspondence and parcels from the train station to the prison camp at Merseberg. Horses were in short supply in Germany after the war started, while POW labor was plentiful. Prisoners took over the job of pulling wagons whenever possible.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Merseberg, Work, Post, Parcels, Letters, Russian POWs, French 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: Wilhelm Doegen, "Kriegsgefangene Voelker," Berlin: Vertrag Politik und Wirtschaft, 1921, Photo 22, 72B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/475