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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
PRISONERS
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of
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WAR
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in BELARUS
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Prisoners' mess line in the camp of Bolshevik prisoners at Brest-Litovsk
28 October 1919
Photographer : ARC Capt. Marshall
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Ukrainian prisoner in the prison camp at Brest-Litovsk.
Prisoners receive practically the same rations as the Polish soldiers,
and are given exactly the same medical attention
28 October 1919
Photographer : ARC Capt. Marshall
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Better type of Bolshevik prisoners in Prison Camp at Brest-Litovsk
28 October 1919
Photographer : ARC Capt. Marshall
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Types of Ukrainian officer prisoners in the prison camp at Brest-Litovsk
28 October 1919
Photographer : ARC Capt. Marshall
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Better type of Bolshevist prisoner in the prison camp at Brest-Litovsk
28 October 1919
Photographer : ARC Capt. Marshall
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Bolshevik prisoner of Mongolian type in the prison camp at Brest-Litovsk.
In the background, Colonel Hugh S. Cumming,
Assistant Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service,
Chairman of the Interallied Medical Comm.
sent by the League of Red Cross Societies to investigate the typhus situation in Poland
29 October 1919
Photographer : Capt. Marshall
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Typhus patient convalescing at the infectious diseases hospital in Brest-Litovsk.
No fuel is in for winter, and there is a total lack of mattresses and blankets.
The Interallied Medical Comm. sent by the League of Red Cross Societies
to study the typhus situation in Poland
found that the present epidemic of typhus is wide spread
and fresh cases are constantly being introduced
from the East by returning refugees and prisoners of war.
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The Polish medical authorities are taking active measures to deal with this situation
but they are seriously handicapped by the lack of soap,
disinfectants, drugs, bedding and clothing and hospital equipment.
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In its official report the Comm. states that this condition is a matter of international moment,
and that united action is needed to stamp out typhus in Poland
to prevent its spread to Western Europe and America
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28 October 1919
Photographer : Capt. Marshall
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Brest Litovsk - Belarus
Members of the Interallied Medical Comm. sent by the League of Red Cross Societies
to investigate the typhus situation in Poland
being conducted by General Szamola, commander of Brest-Litovsk,
through the prison camp for Bolshevik and Ukrainian prisoners.
The Comm. found that typhus is practically epidemic among the prisoners
and this throughout Poland.
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The prisoners are given the same medical attention as the Polish soldiers,
and the medical authorities are keenly alive to the seriousness of the situation.
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They are doing their best to stamp out typhus and other infectious diseases,
but they are terribly handicapped by the lack of soap, disinfectants, drugs, sheets, blankets, clothing and the most essential hospital equipment.
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The commission has recommended united effort to stamp out typhus in Poland and prevent its spread to Western Europe and America
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28 October 1919
Photographer : Capt. Marshall
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C