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Creation Date
1918
Description
A squatting Italian prisoner tears into a loaf of bread while another Italian POW watches in the prison compound at Mauthausen. By the end of the war, the Allied blockade had a serious impact on the quantity and quality of rations that the Austrians provided to prisoners. This desperate situation was compounded by the Italian government's decision to restrict parcel shipments to POW's in the Dual Monarchy after the Caporetto fiasco.
Keywords
Austria-Hungary, Austria, Mauthausen, Camp Order, Quarters, Nutrition, Meals, Rations, Italian POWs, World War 1914-1918