Source: Doegen, Kriegsgefangene Voelker, Photo 20, 1921, 68B.
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- French and Russian prisoners work on shoes and boots in the cobbler shop at Merseberg. The men are busy making new shopes and boots or repairing worn out footwear. These skilled laborers provided an important service in the prison camps and unskilled prisoners gained the opportunity to learn a new trade during their captivity. Source: Doegen, Kriegsgefangene Voelker, Photo 20, 1921, 68B.