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Creation Date
1915
Description
A large group of Russian prisoners captured by the Germans at Tannenberg pose with three German NCO's and a few French prisoners in the camp compound at Wetzlar. Many of the Russian POW's would not return home for years as a result of the Russian Civil War. Note that some of the Russian POW's are wearing wooden shoes instead of their issued leather boots which reflected the beginning of a leather shortage in Germany.
Keywords
Germany, Wetzlar, Camp Order, Russian POWs, French POWs, German Guards, World War 1914-1918