Russian POWs Plant Seeds

Notes:

Russian prisoners of war plant seeds in a newly ploughed field on a German farm. Prisoners engaged in agricultural work were not paid as well as POW's who worked in factories but farm workers enjoyed better meals in relation to their comrades back in the prison camps.

Date Created:

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Work, Agriculture, Russian POWs, German Guards, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: The Times History of the War, 12 (1917): 261.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/89