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1. Hospital Ward at Reichenberg

Notes:: Prisoners recuperate from wounds or illnesses in the hospital ward at Reichenberg. The ward is clean and well-maintained by the orderlies standing in the back of the room, but all of the beds are full of patients.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Italian POW with Tuberculosis at Mauthausen

Notes:: A naked Italian prisoner with a severe case of tuberculosis leans on a table for support, demonstrating the depth of his affliction.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Italian POWs with Tuberculosis at Mauthausen

Notes:: Several Italian prisoners at Mauthausen stand naked to show the wasting effect of "consumption" on their bodies. Italian public opinion condemned Austrian treatment of Italian prisoners suffering from tuberculosis.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. A Group of Italian POWs Suffering from Tuberculosis

Notes:: Stripped to the waist, these Italian prisoners at Mauthausen show the wasting effects of tuberculosis on their bodies.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Italian Tuberculosis Patients at Mauthausen

Notes:: Two photographs of Italian POW's at Mauthausen suffering from tuberculosis. The "white plague" had a devastating effect on its victims, as demonstrated by these images.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Italian Tuberculosis Victims at Mauthausen

Notes:: Two groups of Italian prisoners at Mauthausen are stripped to the waist to show the effects of tuberculosis on their decimated bodies. Tuberculosis was a serious problem in prison camps during World War I and especially bad in Austrian camps.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. Drawing of Wounded POWs at Mauthausen

Notes:: In this primitive drawing, probably produced by a POW, three badly wounded prisoners on crutches walk past some of the barracks at Mauthausen. They are in the process of recovering from their wounds.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries