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- A scene in the kitchen of the officers' prison camp in Hannoverisch Muenden. The kitchen staff stands in the background with German non-commissioned officers, Allied enlisted men (who served as the cooks), and several French and British officers. Note the conventional stove in the kitchen instead of the huge pressure cookers designed for mass food production found in enlisted men's camps. Loaves of bread are stacked on the shelves in the back of the kitchen.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The German authorities permitted this French sculptor to continue his trade in prison at Zossen. He was assigned his own workshop and is working on a monument. This workshop also served as a dining room and a place to sleep (note the pile of mattresses on the floor to the left). The prisoners are very comfortable as one reads a newspaper, another smokes, and two others sit down to a meal.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian prisoners return to the prison camp at Grafenwoehr after spending the day on a labor detail. They return carrying firewood to heat their barracks at night.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- An enterprising businessman at Ruhleben set up this engraving service in a booth and offered free designs to customers. Tradesmen often found their expertise in great demand in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A photograph from the watch tower in Buetow provides a general view of the prison camp, including the wooden barracks (note the barrack under construction in the background). The Russian prisoners have dug trenches to store the mountains of potatoes in preparation for the long winter. They are working under the direction of German non-commissioned officers. Potatoes were the primary source of nutrition for Allied POWs in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photograph shows the Cilician Gates looking north, showing the stream and road bed for the Berlin to Baghdad Railway. Allied prisoners provided the labor force for the construction of this railway line through this Taurus Mountains pass. Although Allied prisoners were slow workers and resorted to sabotage whenever possible, the Turks still preferred POW labor for their railroad construction projects rather than employing local workers.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Skilled Russian carpenters work in a wood shop in the prison camp at Wahn bei Koeln. They are producing ornate chairs, including a three-legged chair to the right. Note that some of the prisoners wear red arm bands on their upper arms for identification purposes.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian prisoners are very busy making barrels, chairs, tables, book cases, and wagon wheels in the carpentry shop at Josefstadt. They provided the basic necessities which kept the prison camp running. There are drawings of horses hanging on the wall in the back of the shop.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French POW's wash laundry in large wooden tubs in the wash room in the prison camp at Giessen. Clean clothing eliminated vermin and germs and helped prevent the outbreak of epidemics in crowded barracks.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French and British prisoners of war sit and peel potatoes as cooks stir the soup over the stoves. These POW's have a lot of work to do given the vats full of potatoes. It was imperative for the camp kitchen feed thousands of prisoners three times a day to keep all of the POW's healthy.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
