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- The prisoners often planted flower gardens to decorate their surroundings and provide a pastime, which often included vegetables to enhance their rations. This is a photograph of a flower patch between the wooden barracks at Hameln.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners at Friedrichsfeld sit on benches, enjoying the sun in their garden in front of their barrack. The garden features flowers and squash in a star-shaped design. This type of gardening was very popular in prison camps and helped prisoners pass their idle time. Vegetables helped vary prison fare and would help stem hunger later in the war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Polish prisoners stroll around the garden in the prison courtyard at Marmosa-Sziget. By growing their own food, POW's could enjoy a diversion and obtain some diversity in their diets. This photograph provides a good view of the exterior of the facility.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of Russian prisoners of war work in their gardens at an unidentified Austrian prison camp. Gardening allowed POW's to spend some time outdoors, improve the appearance of the camp, and, most importantly, helped vary their diet. The prisoners could augment their rations with fresh vegetables. In many camps, prisoners held garden competitions to test their horticultural skills.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
