- German officers give the non-commissioned officers the password for the day for distribution to the sentries at the prison camp at Guben. Security was a major priority at prison camps and guards would shoot if a challenge was not met with the correct countersign. Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, 1915, Photo 58, 48.
Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, 1915, Photo 58, 48.
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