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2221. Russian POWs Deliver Bread Rations in a German Prison Camp

Notes:
Russian prisoners of war carry the daily provision of bread into a German prison camp in these large boxes. German non-commissioned officers and sentries accompany the detail to make sure that the bread reaches the distribution point.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2222. Christmas in the Guard Room at Magdeburg

Notes:
Prisoner of War guard duty was almost as monotonous for the guards as it was for the prisoners (although the penalties for German guards caught in the dereliction of duty encouraged greater vigilance). In this drawing of the guard room at Magdeburg, German troops enjoy some holiday festivities with tankards of beer, carol singing, and a decorated Christmas tree.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2223. Interior of the Greenhouse at Ruhleben

Notes:
A view of the interior of the greenhouse that the members of the Ruhleben Horticultural Society constructed on the grounds of the prison camp at Ruhleben. This nursery allowed members to grow flowers throughout the entire year.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2224. German Military Guard at Ruhleben

Notes:
A squad of German guards stand at attention on the race course at the prison camp at Ruhleben. Graf von Schwerin, the camp commandant, and Graf von Taube join the photograph.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2225. View of the Prison Hospital at Wetzlar

Notes:
A delegation of German doctors, French doctors and corpsmen, and a French nurse visit the hospital at Wetzlar. They stand in front of the hospital ward while prisoner patients stand behind a barbed wire fence. Red Cross inspections became a common practice in prison camps to ensure the best possible care of POW's under the care of the belligerent powers.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2226. General View of the Officers' Prison Camp at Clausthal

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This is the exterior view of the Kurhaus Pfauenteich, a hotel which served as a prisoner of war camp for Allied officers in Clausthal during the war.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2227. Group of Russian POWs at Doeberitz

Notes:
A group of Russian prisoners of war at Doeberitz, representing a wide range of nationalities in the tsarist empire, stand in front of their barrack. The Germans assigned Russian and Western Allied POWs to this facility in spite of Western diplomatic protests against this policy. Russian troops tended to carry a wide range of diseases that could lead to deadly epidemics in crowded prison camps.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2228. Parcel Distribution to British POWs at Goettingen

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German non-commissioned officers supervise the distribution of parcels to British prisoners of war in the compound of the prison camp at Goettingen. A Landsturm sentry, to the extreme left, stands guard during the activity. British parcels were valuable commodities in prison camps due to their rich contents.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2229. Soccer Game at Goettingen

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French and Belgian prisoners of war play a friendly soccer game between their barracks at Goettingen. A number of spectators have gathered to watch the game. Sports provided the participants with healthy exercise and spectators with entertainment.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2230. Dinner Call at Koenigstein

Notes:
A number of incarcerated prisoners (primarily Russian officers with a few French POW's) stand in the courtyard of the fortress waiting for their dinner. There are a number of German guards on the left hand side as well as German staff members to the rear of the group.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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