Dead Italian POWs at Siegmundsherberg

Notes:

A secret photograph of dead Italian prisoners lying on the floor in the prison camp at Siegmundsherberg. The devastating effects of starvation can be seen by the protruding bones on these bodies. A repatriated POW smuggled this photograph into Switzerland during the war and it was used by the Italians to demonstrate the terrible conditions which existed in Dual Monarchy prison camps.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Austria-Hungary, Austria, Siegmundsherberg, Medical Care, Nutrition, Hunger, Crime, Espionage, Italian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Carl P. Dennett, "The Prisoners of the Great War," Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1919, 46A.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1448