German Atrocities: An Official InvestigationMorgan, J. H. (John Hartman)
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German Atrocities: An Official Investigation
Morgan, J. H. (John Hartman)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities
Michael Klokoff, Russian soldier, private in the Novo Skolsky Regiment;
taken prisoner by the Germans on the Bzura on December 26th, 1914 /
January 8th, 1915; and Andrei Slizkin, Russian soldier, private in the
41st Siberian Regiment, taken prisoner by the Germans near Prasnysz on
January 29th/February 11th, 1915, _declare that_: we were interned
as prisoners of war at Strzalkowo until October 7th/20th, 1915. We
then came with 2,000 other Russian prisoners to Belgium. Some of the
prisoners were taken to build railways; others, among them ourselves,
were employed to dig trenches. During our work we came under shell fire
and sustained casualties.
We escaped on October 31st, and reached the British lines on November
2nd. We were promised pay, but did not receive any.
(_c_) Statement of Two Russian Soldiers (Translation) taken
down in December 1915, at British Headquarters in Northern
France.
Anastasius Nietzvetznie, 231 Dragoon (Infantry) Regiment, and Nicholas
Nevaskov, 210 Infantry Regiment, _declare_: When we were prisoners
with the Germans we worked at digging trenches. Each day we were under
English artillery fire. We received 30 pfennigs per day, and we worked
against our will. When we refused to work, we got twenty-five strokes
with an iron rod, and were tied up with our hands behind our backs in a
cold room with windows open and nothing to eat.
(Signed) ANASTASIUS NIETZVETZNIE,[98]
231 Dragoon Regiment.
(Signed) NICHOLAS MIKHAILOVITCH NEVASKOV,[98]
210 Infantry Regiment.
A REVIEW OF
GERMAN ATROCITIES
BY
THE RT. HON. VISCOUNT BRYCE
Published in _The Westminster Gazette_, London, March 20, 1916
A FRESH EXAMINATION OF GERMAN WAR METHODS[99]
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