Russian POW Plowing a Field at Muensingen

Notes:

A Russian prisoner is hard at work ploughing a field behind a team of horses under the walls of Lichtenstein Castle near Muensingen. Allied POW's supplemented local agricultural labor which allowed the Germans to maintain food production despite the mobilization of farmers into the German Army. This prisoner is leading a pair of horses; most farmers used oxen due to the army''s demand for horses at the front.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Muensingen, Work, Agriculture, Tilling, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Arts and Humanities, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "Hinter dem Stachel-Draht," Stuttgart: Vertrag von Hugo Mathias, 1918, 77.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/527