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- An example of Lagergeld or prison camp money authorized by German authorities for Allied POWs, a 50-Pfennige note from an unidentified prison camp.
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This is an example of a French concert program from the prison camp at Zossen. The two-part program lists the music and identifies the performers that sing with the camp choir. The choir was supported by an orchestra and organ. This program appeared in the German magazine "Der Krieg" and gave the German people an idea of what prisoners did for entertainment in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Inspector General office of the 14th Army Corps issued a series of stamps (Wertmarken) in denominations of one Pfennig, five Pfennige, ten Pfennige, twenty Pfennige, and one Mark for use in prison camps in the 14th Army Corps district.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of prisoners of war have a conversation on a side street of the prison camp at Goettingen. A number of barracks line this street and the Weser Mountains can be seen in the background of the photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners eat a dinner, consisting primarily of soup, in the mess hall at Ludwigsburg. Two of their comrades have retrieved the dinner from the camp kitchen for distribution inside the barrack. These quarters provide quite of bit of room with lots of ventilation through the windows on each side of the building. The prisoners slept in bunks along the exterior walls. However, unlike POW barracks found in other prison camps, there are no central stoves to keep the quarters warm in the winter.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photograph shows the interior of an enlisted men's barrack in the prison camp at Bustyahaza. These Polish prisoners lived in very crowded conditions with many of their belongings hanging from the walls of their quarters.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian prisoners of war carry the daily provision of bread into a German prison camp in these large boxes. German non-commissioned officers and sentries accompany the detail to make sure that the bread reaches the distribution point.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Prisoner of War guard duty was almost as monotonous for the guards as it was for the prisoners (although the penalties for German guards caught in the dereliction of duty encouraged greater vigilance). In this drawing of the guard room at Magdeburg, German troops enjoy some holiday festivities with tankards of beer, carol singing, and a decorated Christmas tree.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A view of the interior of the greenhouse that the members of the Ruhleben Horticultural Society constructed on the grounds of the prison camp at Ruhleben. This nursery allowed members to grow flowers throughout the entire year.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A squad of German guards stand at attention on the race course at the prison camp at Ruhleben. Graf von Schwerin, the camp commandant, and Graf von Taube join the photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
