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Creation Date
1914
Description
Despite early successes in invading East Prussia, the Germans, under General Paul von Hindenburg, bolstered the German defenses and soon drove the Russians back into Russian Poland. This photograph shows 15,000 Russian prisoners of war awaiting transportation to prison camps in Germany.
Keywords
Germany, Capture, Russian POWs, Augustowo, Russian Poland, World War 1914-1918