Polish-Soviet Prisoners of War, 1919-1920

The back of the document reads in Russian and French: “Пленные с польского фронта” – “Prisonniers de guerre du front Polonais” – [“Prisoners of war from the Polish front”]. Black and white photograph; 11 x 15.5 cm. In the aftermath of World War I, Boris Souvarine was detained in a French prison when this picture portraying prisoners of war on the Polish-Soviet front was shot around 1919-1920. There is no information about the authorship, the setting, the technology, or the precise context in ..