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11. Parcel Post Wagon Traveling to Merseberg

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Russian and French prisoners pull a wagon full of correspondence and parcels from the train station to the prison camp at Merseberg. Horses were in short supply in Germany after the war started, while POW labor was plentiful. Prisoners took over the job of pulling wagons whenever possible.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

12. Mail Censors at Friedrichsfeld

Notes:
German non-commissioned officers and translators censor incoming and outgoing Allied mail in Friedrichsfeld. This work took a considerable amount of man hours, not only to read letters, but also to administer. While prisoners could receive an unlimited amount of mail, they were restricted to a certain number of letters and post cards that they could send each month.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

13. Mail Censorship Office at Heuberg

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French and British prisoners organize packets in the mail censorship room at Heuberg in preparation for distribution to the prisoner population, while German non-commissioned officers inspect packages for contraband. One German censor is cutting into a package with a knife on the left, a process that did not please most parcel recipients.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

14. Distribution of Mail at Zwickau

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A POW distributes letters outdoors to French and Belgian prisoners at Zwickau. These letters have been approved for dissemination by the German censors. Note the white identification badges sewn on the left breast pocket of the prisoners' uniforms.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

15. Letter Sorting at Darmstadt

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German officers and interpreters open and review recently arrived mail searching for contraband and unauthorized information. Once the letters are censored, French prisoners will distribute the mail to their comrades in the camp at Darmstadt.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

16. French POW Writing a Letter at Muensingen

Notes:
A French prisoner is busy writing a letter from Muensingen in this drawing. POW's were allowed to write two letters and several post cards each week which traveled free through the international mails. Limitations on correspondence were necessary due to the limited number of censors in prison camps.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

17. French Library at Muensingen

Notes:
The library was a critical service for POW's as books allowed prisoners to leave the confines of the camp intellectually and improve their educations. This drawing illustrates the French library at Muensingen showing prisoners reading books and writing letters.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries