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1. Reading Room at Cassel

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This photograph shows the reading room and library at Cassel. French, Belgian, and Russian prisoners enjoy a wide range of reading materials in the library for both education and entertainment.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Library Reading Room at Cassel

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French and Russian prisoners read books and newspapers in the reading room and library at Cassel. They sit at benches and will be warmed in the winter by the large oven in the middle of the room. The rear wall is decorated with a variety of pictures. Given the large number of POW's in the room, reading was important for inmates in terms of education and entertainment during the prisoners' free time.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Prison Camp Library at Purgstall

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Russian prisoners enjoy the reading material in the prison camp library at Purgstall. The book, journal, and newspaper collection is modest in size, but the room offers a stove, a globe on the top of the book shelf, and photographs decorating the wall. The camp library was one of the most popular places in most prisons.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Reading Room at Goettingen

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British, Russian, French, and Belgian prisoners of war cram into the reading room of the YMCA hall at Goettingen. They have access to books and pre-war magazines in the Association library. To maximize capacity within the hall, the YMCA provided benches, but not tables.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Reading Room at Braunau-am-Inn

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Russian prisoners enjoy the YMCA Reading Room at Braunau-am-Inn, which featured a wide selection of books, journals, and newspapers. Two prisoners are engaged in a game of dominoes on the front table and a gramophone stands in the back of the room. The prisoners decorated the room with garlands along the rafters.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries