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1. Camp Kitchen at Goettingen

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This is the interior of the prison camp kitchen at Goettingen where French and British prisoners of war smoke pipes and receive instructions on that day's meal. The cooks prepare the soup in the large stoves and vats of potatoes stand along the walls. Mass production of prepared food was essential for the daily maintenance of a prison camp.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Camp Kitchen at Guetersloh

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French prisoners and German staff members prepare dinner in the huge cookers in the background of the photograph of the camp kitchen at Guetersloh. The food will be served in the dining hall in the large pots sitting on the table. Mass production of rations was essential to feed large numbers of prisoners three times a day.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Store Room at Limburg

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Five British prisoners of war sit on a bench in front of the store room at Limburg peeling potatoes, under the watchful gaze of a German non-commissioned officer. The store room appears full given the bags of supplies behind the window. Note that the British prisoners wear identification bands on their upper left arms.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Meat Locker at Lamsdorfer

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The meat larder at the Lamsdorf prison camp is full of pork, beef, sausages, and other foodstuffs early in the war (this photograph was taken in 1915). A German cook and an Allied POW work in the storeroom in preparation for the next meal. The Allied blockade of Germany placed a heavy burden on the Germans' ability to feed prisoners of war within a year.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Camp Kitchen at Limburg

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A French officer tastes the day's soup in the camp kitchen at Limburg, as Russian and German cooks prepare for the distribution of the meal to the prisoners. Feeding all of the men in a prison camp on a daily basis was a massive undertaking in spite of wartime food shortages.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. POWs Cooking Food Parcels from Home at Grafenwoehr

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French and Belgian prisoners cook food on an outdoor grill from their packages sent from home in the prison compound at Grafenwoehr. POW's were not permitted to cook their food parcels inside their barracks due to the threat of fire. During the winter months, when stoves heated the interior of their quarters, POW's could do some limited cooking indoors.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. Food Preparation in the Camp Kitchen at Goettingen

Notes:
French and British prisoners of war sit and peel potatoes as cooks stir the soup over the stoves. These POW's have a lot of work to do given the vats full of potatoes. It was imperative for the camp kitchen feed thousands of prisoners three times a day to keep all of the POW's healthy.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries