POW POW

 War prisons and prisoners of war

Geneva Conventions are a series of articles about the treatment of those captured in war which stated what was and was not allowed.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/TreatmentOfPrisonersOfWar.aspx

Most prisoners of war were captured by surrendering as a unit as individual surrender was very uncommon.

Life in a prison was determined by the person who was in charge and his crew, though what caused problems was the lack of unity of the camps.

• War Camps in Germany- Due to the miscalculation of how long the war would take, German's were not prepared for the mass number of captive soldiers they held and may of the prisons were quickly prepared and were insufficient. For the first half year the prisoners had no work but by summer of 1915 camps had been established for the prisoners to work in mines, factories, and farms.

• Specifically in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia camps the living situation were unhygienic and in 1915 a severe epidemic of typhus broke causing the death of many prisoners and even in the Russian Army. This caused an improvement of living environments.

In a form of retaliation some prisons forced soldiers into labor and they often died of starvation and cold on the fronts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ne6f1wU-Mc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ne6f1wU-Mc
http://www.prisonersofwar1914-1918documents.com/prison-camp-money.php
http://www.prisonersofwar1914-1918documents.com/downloads---section-1.php
http://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/prisoners-of-war
http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cas/w1c-pow.html