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1. Russian POWs Unload Potatoes from Railroad Cars

Notes:: Three Russian prisoners of war with shovels unload a narrow gauge railway car full of potatoes in a German prison camp. A Landsturm guard supervises their work. Railways were critical for transporting supplies to prison facilities for daily operations.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Magazine Cartoon on Escaping from Ruhleben

Notes:: This cartoon is from "The Ruhleben Camp Magazine," Christmas 1916 edition, showing "Sunny Jim" being intercepted by a German sentry as the latter scales the wall. The prison camp at Ruhleben was surrounded by a high wooden fence.
Date Created:: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries