Camp Laundry at Giessen

Notes:

French POW's wash laundry in large wooden tubs in the wash room in the prison camp at Giessen. Clean clothing eliminated vermin and germs and helped prevent the outbreak of epidemics in crowded barracks.

Date Created:

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Giessen, Hygiene, Laundry, Wash, Work, Camp Work, French POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Charles Correvon, "Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, Zweite Folge," Frankfurt-am-Main: Literarische Anstalt, Ruetten und Loening, 1916, 29.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1064