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1. Camp Kitchen at Limburg

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A French officer tastes the day's soup in the camp kitchen at Limburg, as Russian and German cooks prepare for the distribution of the meal to the prisoners. Feeding all of the men in a prison camp on a daily basis was a massive undertaking in spite of wartime food shortages.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Slaughtering Pigs at Danzig

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Russian prisoners prepare to butcher a recently slaughtered hog in the prison compound at Danzig. Note the white identification badges on the breast pockets of the prisoners. The pig provided the protein for the POW's for the next meal.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Butchers at Work in the Prison Camp at Freistadt

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Russian prisoners prepare to slaughter a cow in the butcher shop in the prison camp of Freistadt, under the supervision of an Austrian non-commissioned officer. Several sides of beef hang from the walls of the shop, ready to be cut up for cooking.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Bread Warehouse at Josefstadt

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Russian prisoners stack freshly baked bread on cooling shelves in the bread warehouse at Josefstadt, under the supervision of an Austrian non-commissioned officer. Large prison camps went through thousands of loaves of bread every day as bread was served with almost every meal.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries