Russian Boy POWs and Their Teacher in a German Prison Camp
Description:
Six young Russian prisoners of war sit on a bench outside of their school house in an unidentified German POW camp during World War I. The pupil's teacher, in the straw hat, stands next to another young Russian to the left. These boys followed their fathers into the ranks during the Russian army mobilization and received an education during their incarceration.
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Western Michigan University Libraries
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No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland: Gegen 250 Wirtlichkeitsaufnahmen aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenenlagern, Berlin: Verlag Hermann Montanus, 1915, Photo 225, 109.
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