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- This photograph shows a classroom in a YMCA hall in an unidentified German prison camp. Russian POW's are learning how to read from fellow prisoners. The class is obviously popular--students must sit on the floor because there are no empty seats in the room.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The German Ministry of War assigned this camp visitation permit to Archibald C. Harte on 25 March 1915 and the permit was countersigned by the commandant of Crossen-an-der-Oder and his adjutant. Harte visited a number of German prison camps in March and April 1915 to investigate conditions and explain how the American YMCA could provide programs which would benefit Allied prisoners of war. In comparison to the printed visitation permits Harte received at Cassel and Goettingen, this permit is of much poorer quality.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This was the Roman Catholic altar in the chapel in the officer's prison camp at Friedberg. Religious banners hang on the walls and the altar is decorated with flowers. A picture of the Virgin Mary stands above the altar.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A well-tended prison cemetery for Allied POW's stands on the outskirts of a German town. The graves are ivy-covered and several are decorated with wreathes and flowers. Each grave has the name of the deceased, his birth and death dates, and information about his military unit on plaques mounted on each of the crosses.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Some French prisoners in northern German prisons traveled to Denmark and took ships home to France. This was the first ship to arrive at a French port carrying prisoners of war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners produced "Le Tuyau" ("Sprachrohr" in German or "The Megaphone" in English), a prison camp newspaper in Quedlinburg. The Germans permitted POW's to produce newspapers in various languages which promoted camp social and athletic events. This was the 24 August 1916 edition of the newspaper, which was in its second year of publication.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The YMCA Physical Culture Association presented an "Assault at Arms" performance in the prison camp in Ruhleben. This program included a punching bag demonstration and a number of wrestling, fencing, and boxing matches. These activities kept internees in shape and provided entertainment for the camp population.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photo shows an exterior view of the four-story buildings in the prison camp at Crefeld. French and Arab prisoners can be seen sitting and strolling on the street inside the facility.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Pastor Charles Correvon conducts an outdoor religious service for French Protestant prisoners at Darmstadt. He visited Protestant prisoners in the prison facilities around Frankfurt-am-Main and worked closely with the World's Alliance of YMCA's in Geneva.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French and Belgian prisoners work on a number of projects in the work shop at Eichstaett. The prisoners at the first work bench repair shoes while another group fixes clothing. Note the sewing machine on the back work bench.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
