Boiler Room at Puchheim

Notes:

This is the machine room in the prison camp at Puchheim which generated the steam to disinfect clothing and eliminate vermin as well as provide electricity and heat for the prison camp. After several typhus epidemics, the Germans went to great lengths to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases in prison camps.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Puchheim, Camp Order, Power, 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 fuer Politik und Wirtschaft, 1921, Photo 14, 50B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/602