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1. Memorial to Fallen Comrades at Grafenwoehr

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French and Russian prisoners made this statue of a suffering man with a drawn sword in memorial to their fallen comrades at Grafenwoehr. The memorial has a Latin inscription, "For the Fatherland," and was dedicated at the prison cemetery.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. French POWs Work on a Sculpture in a German Prison Camp

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A French sculptor works on a memorial in a work shop in a German prison camp. This monument will probably be erected in the prison camp's cemetery to commemorate the POW's who died in captivity. Other prisoners in the shop fill their time reading a newspaper or eating a meal at the table on the right.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. British POW Graves in the Cemetery at Limburg

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Three fresh British graves stand in the New Cemetery at Limburg. The crosses bear the prisoners' names, their birth dates, and the dates of their deaths. POW's arrived in prison camps with wounds and illnesses which sometimes led to their death in captivity.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. All Saints' Day Observations at Theresienstadt

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Russian prisoners observe All Saints' Day in the prison cemetery at Theresienstadt in memory of their dead comrades. Two Austrian officers stand in the center of the photograph, which was taken on 14 November 1916 (the Orthodox holiday). The War Prisoners' Aid office provided the flowers that the prisoners used for decorations for the service.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Burial of an American POW at Rastatt

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An American bugler plays taps in the POW cemetery in Rastatt for two dead comrades. The American YMCA band, to the rear at the left, was part of the funeral entourage. Note the German civilians, including a child, in attendance to the right.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Allied Cemetery at Koenigstein

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Photograph of the well-tended prison camp cemetery at the officers' camp at Koenigstein. Most of the graves are decorated with flowers and plants and protected by iron railings.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. French POW Memorial in the Cemetery at Muenster

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French POW's at Rennbahn designed and built this memorial in the cemetery with the cooperation of the German authorities for their comrades who died at Muenster III.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

8. Italian POW Cemetery Memorial in Austria

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Italian officers paid for the construction of this memorial to the dead Italian prisoners of war buried in this cemetery near an unidentified Austrian prison.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

9. American YMCA Cemetery Memorial at Rastatt

Notes:
This photograph shows the YMCA memorial to Americans buried in the cemetery at Rastatt as well as the graves of three American privates who died in October 1918.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

10. Military Funeral at Carlsruhe

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A British aviator receives a military funeral in the prison camp cemetery at Carlsruhe. In attendance at the ceremony are German officers as well as various Allied POW's.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries