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- Prisoners compete in a foot race, watched by a large crowd of spectators at Rastatt. Note the sentry box on top of the building which may have been a magazine in the old fortress. Athletic competitions kept the men in shape and provided diversions for the camp population.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- An exterior photograph of the prison camp at Mainz showing the soccer field and tennis courts. Allied officers could enjoy a wide range of sports during their incarceration at Mainz.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The German medical staff conducts inoculations of French prisoners of war in a hospital ward at the prison camp at Meschede. Typhus became the scourge of POW camps and the disease could spread like wild fire in the cramped conditions of the enlisted men's barracks. Prisoners of war from Russia and Romania carried typhus and other infectious diseases into captivity and after the contagion at Wittenberg, German authorities went to great lengths to prevent another outbreak.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French POW's prepare a meal under the supervision of German non-commissioned officers at Minden. All of the meals were mass produced in pressure cookers for the camp's inmates. As a result, prisoners dined on a variety of soups and boiled dishes.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- In an effort to supplement the diet at prison camps, prisoners raised chickens, pigs, and rabbits. This water color painting shows the rabbit cages at Muensingen. Rabbits were easy to breed and provided additional protein for POW diets.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photograph shows the interior of the laundry at the prison camp at Puchheim. Clothing and linen were washed in large vats with hot- and cold-running water and folded on the tables. Prisoners provided the labor to maintain this service in the prison camp.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A labor detachment of French prisoners of war repair a defective rail on the tram line on the streets of Frankfurt-am-Main. They work under the supervision of the German sentry to the left.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners of war unload a wagon of potatoes and a cart of fresh milk from local farmers in the court yard of the prison at Grafenwoehr. They load baskets of food which will be sold in the prison canteen. Prisoners with money could purchase additional food to augment their diets by making purchases in the canteen.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of British and Russian officers relax outdoors at the Luebeck military hospital during their recovery from wounds or illnesses. German medical authorities had to treat Allied wounded as well as tremendous numbers of wounded and ill German troops by the end of the conflict.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Kaiser Wilhelm II and Crown Prince Wilhelm, with the staff of the German 5th Army, review a parade of French prisoners on the steps of an unidentified French church after a Sunday morning service. The French prisoners are guarded by German Uhlans, Landsturm, and infantry.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
