French Barber Shop in a German POW Camp

Notes:

A French barber provides a shave to another prisoner reading a newspaper in an unidentified prison camp. This scene was repeated in hundreds of prison camps around the world during World War I.

Date Created:

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Work, Barber, French 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 (20 January 1917): 82.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/113