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- Notes:
- Russian prisoners inspect a box camera mounted on a tripod outdoors in the prison compound at Grafenwoehr. This was probably their introduction to photographic equipment.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- In the interior of the library at Erfurt, four French and Belgian prisoners stand reading books. Books line the shelves of the wall behind the prisoners while journals and magazines line the wall on the right. Note the POW identification badges on the upper left arms of the prisoners.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Five French prisoners sit at a table reviewing a lesson after a hard day at work. Their quarters reflect a degree of comfort in that they have access to a table lamp, stationery, and tobacco (two POW's are smokinkg pipes). Many of their belongings hang on the wall or sit on shelves. Given their standard of living, these men may be French non-commissioned officers.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Social workers and neutral inspectors often visited prison camps to meet prisoners. In this wood block print, a social worker, probably a YMCA secretary, distributes books to French and Russian prisoners of war at Muensingen. Books were important for entertainment to help POW's pass their time and to support education programs.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Colonel Bogen, commandant of the prison camp at Goettingen, speaks with Professor Carl Stange, University of Goettingen, in front of the prison administration building. Stange set up university courses at the camp for college POW's.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- English, Scottish, and French prisoners pour over books and journals in the YMCA Reading Room in an unidentified German prison camp. The facility is crowded with patrons as literature helped the prisoners mentally escape from the confines of the prison camp.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Board of Education in London issued this appeal for books or funding to send text books to British prisoners of war who sought to continue their educations while in prison camps. This was an opportunity for POW's to pursue educations to complete their academic programs or obtain a better job after repatriation.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- During their lengthy incarceration, British internees had the opportunity to attend classes in the prison camp at Ruhleben. This was the English class room. University students could resume their college courses by taking classes at Ruhleben while illiterate prisoners could learn to read.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French officers participate in a class in their dining hall in the prison camp at Halle-am-Saal. Courses provided prisoners with mental diversions and the opportunity to improve themselves for better employment opportunities after the war.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries