Group of Russian POWs at Wetzlar

Notes:

A large group of Russian prisoners captured by the Germans at Tannenberg pose with three German NCO's and a few French prisoners in the camp compound at Wetzlar. Many of the Russian POW's would not return home for years as a result of the Russian Civil War. Note that some of the Russian POW's are wearing wooden shoes instead of their issued leather boots which reflected the beginning of a leather shortage in Germany.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Wetzlar, Camp Order, Russian POWs, French POWs, German Guards, World War 1914-1918, Asian History, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Charles Correvon, "Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenlagern," Frankfurt am Main: Literarische Anstalt, Ruetten, und Loening, 1915, 58.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/733