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1061. Mittelsteadt, Otto

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Transient application card documenting relief requests and authorizations to the destitute by Transient Bureau of Kalamazoo County, under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, May 1933 - June 1943.
Date Created:
1938-07-21T00:00:00Z
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Collection:
Transient Bureau Case Files, Kalamazoo County, Michigan Collection, 1934-1970, A-285 (RG 56-20A) and Kalamazoo Transient Bureau Case Files Collection

1062. Text analysis, Clemoes, Catholic Homilies, Homily I.32

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In his homily for the Decollation of John the Baptist (Decollatio Sancti Iohannis Babtiste; August 29) in the First Series of the Catholic Homilies, Aelfric explicates the Gospel reading for the day (Mark 6: 17-29), which describes the circumstances leading to the saint's death.
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SS (Early English Text Society) ; 17 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies

1063. Queen Mary Welcomes Repatriated British POWs at Cannon Street Railway Station

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Queen Mary of Great Britain personally welcomes recently arrived British prisoners at the Cannon Street Station in London by the YMCA hut. The English YMCA set up this hut in the train station to provide services to British troops heading for or returning from combat in France.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1064. Captured Russian POWs Drag Their Machine Guns

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Under German guard, Russian prisoners work in pairs to drag their machine guns to a prisoner assembly center and eventual captivity in Germany.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1065. German Translation of French Secret Code

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Translation into German of the secret message found in a French prisoner's mail. The Allies used secret codes and chemicals to conceal messages in POW correspondence.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1066. Synagogue at Ruhleben

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This drawing shows the interior of the synagogue at the Ruhleben prison camp. The synagogue is well-equipped with an altar, desks, decorations, and Scriptures and accommodated divine services.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1067. Mail Censorship Room at Zossen

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British and French prisoners unpack newly arrived letters and parcels from home in the mail censorship room at Zossen. German officers inspect the packages carefully for contraband. POW's often complained about the inspection process which required the opening of tins and the reduction of shelf life of these packages. However, contraband was sometimes discovered which kept German authorities suspicious of parcels or information in letters.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1068. General View of the Prison Camp at Doeberitz

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An aerial view part of the prison camp at Doeberitz showing many of the wooden barracks, administrative buildings, camp fence, and a large tent. The tent may be temporary and would eventually be replaced by a building constructed by the POW's.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1069. Pharmacy at Guben

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A Russian pharmacist works under the direction of German doctors in a well-stocked pharmacy in the prison camp at Guben. Medical units at prison camps had access to modern drugs and other pharmaceutical goods to help combat illnesses that appeared in prison camps.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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1070. British POW Made Chair in Turkey

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This is an advertisement for a chair produced in the carpentry shop in a Turkish prison camp. Accommodations in Turkish prisons were usually sparse and carpenters could produce a wide range of furnishings for other men in the camp.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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