Interior of the Laundry Building at Puchheim

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Notes:

This photograph shows the interior of the laundry at the prison camp at Puchheim. Clothing and linen were washed in large vats with hot- and cold-running water and folded on the tables. Prisoners provided the labor to maintain this service in the prison camp.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Puchheim, Sanitation, Hygiene, Laundry, Wash, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Wilhelm Doegen, "Kriegsgefangene Voelker," Berlin: Vertrag fuer Politik und Wirtschaft, 1921, Photo 16, 54B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/599