British POW and German Sentry at Mainz

Notes:

This drawing depicts a British prisoner-of-war looking forlornly through the camp fence guarded by a German Landsturm sentry at Mainz. War prisoners succumbed to "barbed-wire" disease which was caused by confinement in captivity for an unknown period of time.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Mainz, Camp Order, Security, British POWs, German Guards, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Alec Waugh, "The Prisoners of Mainz," London: Chapman and Hall, 1919, frontispiece.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/455