• A labor detachment of French prisoners assemble in the morning in the prison compound at Weitmoos in preparation to march off to work. The photograph was taken from the guard tower. Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 9, 1915, 28.

Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 9, 1915, 28.

From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer

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