"Hands Up!" Wooden Toy

Notes:

This colorful wooden Russian soldier raises his hands in surrender; it was built by workers in Vilna in Lithuania, a region of the Russian Empire recently occupied by the German Army.

Date Created:

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Capture, Carving, Russian POWs, Vilna, Lithuania, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Der Weltkrieg, 6 (1917): 308.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/180