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- This view of a bridge and some of the buildings in Kastamuni was painted by a British POW. Art work was one way prisoners could develop their artistic skills while in captivity. This represented a typical street scene in the city.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This drawing shows Allied prisoners walking on the main street of Kedos with the Great Mosque in the background. POW's were free to walk in the city after they gave their parole, or word, not to try to escape.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Survivors of the Armenian Massacre receive soup rations at a refugee camp at Port Said in Egypt.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photograph shows the city of Stamboul, including the Hagia Sophia, from the Galata Bridge. The Turks marched British prisoners captured at Gallipoli across this bridge in November 1915 to celebrate their victory against the failed Anglo-French assault on the Turkish Straits. Under international law, POWs were not to be used for such propaganda purposes.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- British Gurkha prisoners exercise in marching step under the command of a non-commissioned officer. They are probably exercising in the prison compound at Zossen-Wuensdorf. Their barracks can be seen in the background of this photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Turks assigned British prisoners to live in this three-story house, known as the Upper House, in a neighborhood in Yozgad.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photo affords a view of the inhospitable coast north of Latakia where the Turks chased 5,000 Armenians after the general massacre in Asia Minor in 1915.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Indian troops sit at a table enjoying a game of cards at Muenster II. German officials emphasized the importance of colonial troops for the Allied cause through a propaganda campaign which underlined Germany's struggle against most of the world.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- British prisoners of war exercise and get some fresh air on a street in Yozgad, near their quarters. The Turks incarcerated British POW's in houses in this city.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Members of the "Posh-Castle" Mess pose for this group photograph at Yozgad. The members of the mess shared their provisions and cooking duties to improve their diet while under Turkish captivity.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
