French Circulating Library in a German Prison Camp

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Notes:

French prisoners borrow books from an unidentified prison camp library in Germany. POW's who received books in parcels from home often donated their books to the camp's circulating library to share with other prisoners.

Date Created:

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Education, Library, Reading, French POWs, Belgian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Scientific American, 116 (January 20, 1917): 83.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/249