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- Russian and French prisoners work in the parcel post office in Koenigsbrueck preparing for the distribution of newly arrive parcels to the camp inmates. German non-commissioned officers searched for contraband and, once approved, the parcels would be distributed to the camp inhabitants.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian officers enjoy the weather in the garden in front of the Waldhotel Kreuzstein, a hotel in Bezau the Austrians used as a prison camp for Allied prisoners. The POW's had access to all of the amenities found in this four-story hotel in the Tyrolean Alps.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A rabbi leads a Jewish choir composed of Russian prisoners outside their barrack in the prison camp at Crossen-an-der-Oder. The congregation had access to vestments and other religious articles to support religious services in the camp.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French, French North African, Belgian, English, and Scottish prisoners of war at Doeberitz pose for a photograph in front of their barrack. The Germans mixed POWs of various nationalities in the same prison camp to avoid accusations of favoritism.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Captured English sailors from a British submarine constructed this underground barrack at Doeberitz. They called the facility the "English Submarine" and the designer is standing in the middle of the British sailors by the entrance to the barrack in the white coat. Earthen barracks were warmer in the winter than wooden buildings and cooler in the summer.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of Italian prisoners of war at Heinrichsgruen pose for a photograph for a YMCA secretary. These POW's appear to be cheerful and in good health.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners and German guards walk down a street between the barracks in the "French quarter" of the prison camp at Grafenwoehr. The barracks are clearly made out of bricks with a stucco coating. The city can be seen in the background of the photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of interned Polish Legion officers imprisoned at Rastatt pose for a photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French and Belgian prisoners leave the camp kitchen at Zossen with bowls of hot soup in hand. They will eat their meals in their barracks.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of French prisoners arrive at the prison camp at Zossen-Wuensdorf and captivity. Some of the prisoners are wounded and others are carrying their meager belongings. German doctors and Allied medics will tend to the wounded POW's in the hospital ward and the remaining war prisoners will receive new supplies for their captivity.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
