Bolshevik officers in the prison camp at Kowel, Poland. The Interallied Medical Commission sent by the League of Red Cross Societies to study the typhus situation in Poland found that infection is constantly being carried into the country from the East by prisoners of War. It was noted that the prisoners are given the same food and medical attention as the Polish soldiers
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Paris Office.
Group title: Poland (Prisoners)
On caption card: (26)
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 10
Tags
Date
01/01/1919
Location
Kowel
Source
Library of Congress
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