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- Notes:
- This is an exterior view of the hospital for prisoners of war at Zossen, probably taken from a guard tower. There are lots of trees in this camp and German soldiers and NCO's are on one of the streets of the camp. The Germans captured wounded and sick Allied POWs and provided care for the less dangerous cases inside prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This drawing shows the prison compound at Langensalza, including a Russian sentry standing at the inner gate of the barbed-wire fence near a one-story wooden barrack. To the right stand two covered buckets which were probably used to fetch food for POW's inside this compound (the buckets could have also been used for sanitation purposes but the ladle on one of the buckets undermined this possibility). French and Russian prisoners mill about the compound in the background. The Russian sentry is not armed and may be a prison trustee. The Germans and Russians signed an armistice in December 1917 which ended the fighting on the Eastern Front. Because of critical manpower shortages, the Germans employed trusted POW's to serve as guards to replace German troops who were transferred to front line duties.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian prisoners leave the theater barrack after an afternoon performance. By the smiles on their faces, most of the men appear to have enjoyed the show. The YMCA provided theatrical costumes, props, and play scripts to improve the morale in camps through entertainment.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- People - Daily Life. Man in business suit, with glasses, and pin, possibly Dr. Roy Heath. Client: Dr. Heath (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1939-03-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 8 photos in event - 31(A)
- Notes:
- Education. East side of Read Field House, shortly after construction, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Client: Marmet Corporation (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1957-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 2 photos in event - 7477
- Notes:
- Education. Industrial Scenes. Students from Winchell School and mothers on a field trip to Brunswick Corporation, School Equipment Division. Client: Winchell School, Mildred Borton (Photographic Negative)
- Date Created:
- 1963-11-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 3 photos in event - 9505
- Notes:
- Nick Raphael, mechanic from Guatemala, and an unidentified man in naval uniform beside a Piper J-3 airplane with a Franklin engine at the Western Michigan Flying Service training school.
- Date Created:
- 1943-10-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- 56 photos in event - 1374
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet for the KPD in the July 31, 1932 Reichstag election. It demands that the Treaty of Versailles be eliminated. It says that support for its repeal is coming from both Communists and workers in Germany and in France. It calls those who support the Treaty of Versailles warmongers.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped on British troops. It is a fake airmail letter that one British G.I. had sent to another British G.I. complaining about the war and their experience in the army. It also, complains about the Yanks who are getting all of the attention over the British soldiers. It encouraged dislike for American soldiers.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on Italian soldiers in order to inform them of how to say "I surrender" in English to the invading Allied troops. Also, included on the flyer is German directions to inform the German soldiers amongst the ranks of Italians.
- Date Created:
- [1944 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections