• A prisoner and a German soldier remove clean clothing from a disinfection machine in the prison camp at Limburg. These clothes have been fumigated and are safe to return to their owners, now that they are free of vermin which might have spread disease in the camp. Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, 1915, 40.

Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, 1915, 40.

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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