POW Funeral Procession

Notes:

A deceased prisoner is taken to the prison cemetery in a horse drawn hearse (note that the pair of horses are wearing black mourning blankets) with a German guard of honor. French prisoners follow their comrade behind the hearse enroute the cemetery.

Date Created:

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Religion, French POWs, Funeral, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Charles Correvon, Les Prisonniers de Guerre en Allemagne: Impressions d’un aumonier: Troiseme Serie. Frankfurt-am-Main: Literarische Anstalt, Rütten, und Löning, 1916, 46.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/15