{"id":5636,"date":"2021-11-03T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/sujets-thematiques\/the-prisoners-of-war\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:56:00","slug":"the-prisoners-of-war","status":"publish","type":"sujets-thematiques","link":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sujets-thematiques\/the-prisoners-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prisoners of War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Painful conditions of detention<\/h2>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>The first world conflict resulted in 7 million prisoners of war, of which the Germans took approximately 2,400,000.<\/p>\n\n<p>From the beginning of the war, the number of prisoners (125,000 French soldiers in September 1914) surprised the Kaiser&#8217;s staff. From 1915 onwards, camps were set up (nearly 300 in all), some of them in the north and east of France.<\/p>\n\n<p>Cold, hunger, disease, harassment- these were some of the harsh conditions of detention of hundreds of thousands of prisoners. However, the conditions of detention of the prisoners were much less extreme than during the Second World War. Being in a camp meant being cared for, fed, and looked after by the enemy. Some soldiers saw it as a blessing. Some prisoners were also hired to help with manual labor or farming. &#13;\nIn these camps, soldiers came from many different backgrounds (French, Russian, British, Belgian, American, Canadian, Italian, etc.) but also from various social backgrounds (workers, farmers, civil servants, intellectuals, etc.).<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-prisonn-keym039-119-45.jpeg\" alt=\"Belgian prisoners of war\" class=\"wp-image-2311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-prisonn-keym039-119-45.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-prisonn-keym039-119-45-300x186.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-prisonn-keym039-119-45-768x477.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-prisonn-keym039-119-45-600x373.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Belgian prisoners of war<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","type_sujet":[83],"class_list":["post-5636","sujets-thematiques","type-sujets-thematiques","status-publish","hentry","type_sujet-first-world-war"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First World War : The Prisoners of War<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The First World War resultated in millions of prisoners of war. 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