- Three Russian prisoners at Worms demonstrate their artificial legs that they received in prison. Many POW's arrived from military hospitals without limbs and the Germans, with the aid of charitable organizations such as the YMCA, provided these unfortunates with modern prosthetics. Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, Zweite Folge, 1916, 55.
Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, Zweite Folge, 1916, 55.
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