Starving Italian POWs from Austro-Hungarian Prison Camps

Notes:

A group of eight Italian prisoners of war, recently released from Austrian prison camps, show the ill effects of tuberculosis on their emaciated bodies. The poor diets these POW's received in prison camp contributed to the onset of TB.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

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

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "The Captivity of Italians in Austria," Turin: Unione Tipografico Editrice, 1918, 4.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1541