Boiler Room at Puchheim
Description:
This is the machine room in the prison camp at Puchheim which generated the steam to disinfect clothing and eliminate vermin as well as provide electricity and heat for the prison camp. After several typhus epidemics, the Germans went to great lengths to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases in prison camps.
Institution:
Western Michigan University Libraries
Rights:
No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Wilhelm Doegen, "Kriegsgefangene Voelker," Berlin: Vertrag fuer Politik und Wirtschaft, 1921, Photo 14, 50B.
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