American Help Committee at Brandenburg

Notes:

These four American sailors constituted the American Camp Help Committee at the prison camp at Brandenburg. This committee was responsible for the care of American prisoners in the facility and made sure that arriving prisoners received emergency funds and American Red Cross packets. Many prisoners, victims of torpedo attacks, arrived at Brandenburg without any personal belongings (the Germans assigned sailors and merchant mariners to this facility).

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Brandenburg, Welfare, Help Committee, American POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Carl Dennett, "The Prisoners of the Great War," Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1919, 10A.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/848