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- Prison camps required the services of skilled craftsmen to help the facility operate properly. Four French prisoners work outside of their shop in Landau-Ebenberg weaving baskets. Often POW's apprenticed with experienced craftsmen in prison and learned a new trade which they could practice after their repatriation.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Three Roman Catholic priests stand beneath potted trees outside of a barrack at Landau-Ebenberg in the Pfalz. There were a large number of French prisoners in this camp and the German authorities appointed priests to serve their spiritual needs.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of French prisoners prepare to unload a wagon full of parcels from home or a neutral welfare agency. The parcels will be inspected in the German non-commissioned officers' office for contraband before distribution to the prisoners. The POW's pulled the wagon full of parcels from the railway station which reflected the lack of horses and the abundance of war prisoners in wartime Germany.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
