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Creation Date
1918
Description
Russian and French prisoners pull a wagon full of correspondence and parcels from the train station to the prison camp at Merseberg. Horses were in short supply in Germany after the war started, while POW labor was plentiful. Prisoners took over the job of pulling wagons whenever possible.
Keywords
Germany, Merseberg, Work, Post, Parcels, Letters, Russian POWs, French POWs, German Guards, World War 1914-1918