Russian POWs at Sprottau

A large assembly of Russian prisoners from the four corners of the Tsarist Empire pose outdoors for a photograph in the compound at Sprottau near the perimeter fence. German victories in the Battle of Tannenberg and the offensive in Russian Poland resulted in a large influx of Russian POW\u27s into Sprottau. Many of these men would remain behind barbed-wire for years after the end of the war as a result of the Russian Civil War.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1434/thumbnail.jp