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Creation Date
1918
Description
In this interesting wood block print, a Russian prisoner holding two birds is conversing through the camp fence with a German woman and a boy, under the scrutiny of a German guard. The Russian prisoner and German woman appear to be conducting some kind of transaction that involves the exchange of the poultry. Prisoners had time to produce a wide range of goods that could be bartered, although the process would not usually be conducted so openly in public.
Keywords
Germany, Muensingen, Nutrition, Food Sales, Hunger, Security, Russian POWs, German Guards, World War 1914-1918