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Creation Date
1915
Description
A labor detachment of French prisoners from Minden are hard at work on a road bed outside of the prison compound. Some of the prisoners are wearing wooden shoes, which often had information about the POW's barracks and serial number. The declining supply of leather in Germany resulted in the distribution of wooden shoes when boots or shoes were no longer available for POWs.
Keywords
Germany, Minden, Work, Construction, Transportation, French POWs, German Guards, World War 1914-1918