Types of Polish Refugees in the refugee camp at Kowel. During their retreat of 1915 the Russians forcibly evacuated a considerable proportion of the Polish population and destroyed the habitations so as to leave a barren desert to the enemy. Now these refugees are straggling back through the Polish lines into Poland, and it was estimated that between a million and a quarter and a million and a half would return from Russia and Siberia between June and the coming of winter
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Capt. Marshall.
Group title: Poland (Refugees)
On caption card: (111)
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 10
Tags
Date
01/01/1919
Location
Kowel
Source
Library of Congress
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