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- French prisoners line up with the recently-acquired parcels and Liebesgaben from their family and friends at home. German censors carefully searched these parcels for contraband before releasing them to the prisoners. These parcels contained foods unavailable in the prison camps and greatly improved the diet of the recipients. The camp recently received considerable rain, given the size of the puddles in front of the building.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This is a letter and envelope from a French musician incarcerated in the prison camp in Stendal. He sent the letter on 15 December 1915. Note the lack of a postage stamp on the envelope; prisoners could send their correspondence free of charge through the international mails.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners inspect each of the parcels received by the prison camp at Stendal under the supervision of a German censor (two stand to the left in the picture). The Germans strove to prevent contraband from the prison population. Once passed by the censors, these parcels would be distributed to their recipients at the camp post office.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian tailors are busy at work at the back of this workshop while cobblers labor behind the screened-wire wall to the right in the prison camp at Stendal. Skilled laborers supported the operation of prison camps by making and repairing shoes, boots, and clothing for the benefit of POWs. Apprentices also gained the opportunity to learn a trade that would help them find work after the war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
