Champions of Liberty at Friedrichsfeld

Notes:

POW's from seven countries pose in this photograph taken in the prison compound at Friedrichsfeld. These troops came from Belgium, Britain, France, French West Africa, India, Russia, and Serbia and demonstrated to the German people the global challenge they faced in the war. Such photographs aided the German propaganda campaign; the Germans argued that the Allies had to rely on man power from their subject colonies to support their war effort.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Friedrichsfeld, Camp Order, Propaganda, British POWs, Indian POWs, Russian POWs, French POWs, French Arab POWs, Belgian POWs, Serbian POWs, World War 1914-1918, African History, Asian History, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Backhaus, "Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland," Berlin: Verlag Hermann Montanus, Photo 228, 1915, 110.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/980