militaryhistorywriter Posted 15 August , 2022 Share Posted 15 August , 2022 I read somewhere that a German train had travelled to Perm and Ekaterinburg with a number of high ranking German Imperial Army officers and German nurses in June, 1918. I believe it was to inspect German and Austro-Hungarian POWs that were held in Russian POW camps. Any truth to this statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 15 August , 2022 Share Posted 15 August , 2022 Mate Yes, a number of times German Red Cross nurses traveled around Russia and Turkey inspecting the arrangements. Hears a group early in the war Gagern Elisabeth von Rot-Kreuz Schwester / Nurse Sister part tour to the PoW camps in Russia 10-15 together with Generaloberin Mathilde Freiin von Horn - Alexandrine Gräfin von Üxkull-Gyllenband and Erika von Passow & Magdalene von Walsleben & Oberin Emma von Bülow She died in 1916 but other missions did this Russia by 1918 opened up an allowed German units into the Ukran and further they took over Sabastapole in the Crimea. So its a start to check others S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 16 August , 2022 Share Posted 16 August , 2022 By that time, there were agreements in force to return each other's POWs. Russian POWs were pulled back from the Western Front by that time and replaced by Italians and others as POW labourers. Perhaps the visit was to check on the progress of repatriations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 28 September , 2022 Share Posted 28 September , 2022 The book Left Behind by Baroness Sophie Buxhoevden which is online she mentions seeing a German Red Cross train in Ekaterinburg with nurses in 1918 In june 1916 a group of German and Austrian nurses were presented to the Empress Alexandra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 29 September , 2022 Share Posted 29 September , 2022 There is a book POWs and the Great War captivity on the Eastern Front by Adam Rachamoinov that deal with the Central Powers POWs of the Russians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 29 September , 2022 Share Posted 29 September , 2022 A book by a Swedish nurse, Elsa Brändström: "Among [German] POW's in Russia and Siberia, 1914-1920". It's in German. https://denstorekrig1914-1918.dk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Elsa-Brändström-1914-1920.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofatfortakeoff Posted 13 November , 2022 Share Posted 13 November , 2022 Great finds be interesting to see what they made of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 There is a English translation of Brandstrom's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militaryhistorywriter Posted 14 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 14 November , 2022 Where can it be found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 The English version doesn't seem to be available online. (at least: I cannot find it) On a different note: I've moved to Germany, and today I was in Rheine. Got lost, and ended up on: Elsa-Brändström-Weg....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 16 November , 2022 Share Posted 16 November , 2022 I found a copy of Brandstrom's book in a library in the US many years ago and read through it. You might have to get it through ILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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