MAKE A MEME View Large Image Sinzig enclosure.jpg en Self descriptive as it contains a caption The Sinzig enclosure was one of several camps along the Rhine in Germany Rheinwiesenlager where German prisoners many of which were not given Geneva Convention protection ...
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Keywords: Sinzig enclosure.jpg en Self descriptive as it contains a caption The Sinzig enclosure was one of several camps along the Rhine in Germany Rheinwiesenlager where German prisoners many of which were not given Geneva Convention protection Disarmed Enemy Forces were kept during the summer and autumn of 1945 under very poor conditions with many thousands dying as a consequence thereof The US Army prohibited the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC from providing aid and visit/investigate US prisoner camps in Germany until 1946 <ref>Staff http //www icrc org/web/eng/siteeng0 nsf/htmlall/57jnwx opendocument ICRC in WW II German prisoners of war in Allied hands 2 Februar 2005 </ref> http //history amedd army mil/booksdocs/wwii/EPWs/Fig39p382 jpg Published in MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES ARMY PREVENTIVE MEDICINE IN WORLD WAR II; OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON D C 1969 an extract of which is available from http //history amedd army mil/booksdocs/wwii/EPWs/EPWs htm 1945-05-12 PD-USGov-Military U S Army photograph PD-USGov References <references/> World War II in 1945 1945 in Germany Prisoners of war German prisoners of war of World War II
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