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Maybe of interest, maybe not, but the latest issue of the American Historical Review has an interesting article dealing with the experiences of German (and Austro-Hungarian) POWs in Russia:

Alon Rachamimov, "The Disruptive Comforts of Drag: (Trans)Gender Performances among Prisoners of War in Russia, 1914?1920," American Historical Review 111, 2 (April 2006): 362-82

See: http://www.historycooperative.org/journals...rachamimov.html (or try your local library).

Ed ; Alon Rachamimov wrote an excellent book titled "POW's And The Great War: Captivity on the eastern front" ISBN 1859735738.

Sort of on the same subject is another good book based on a BBC channel 4 documentary titled "Prisoners of the Kaiser " ISBN 0850527341.

http://www.gk43forum.com/forum/vbpicgaller...=view&g=107

Enjoy imperial german arms collecting as I do .