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- Five French prisoners sit at a table reviewing a lesson after a hard day at work. Their quarters reflect a degree of comfort in that they have access to a table lamp, stationery, and tobacco (two POW's are smokinkg pipes). Many of their belongings hang on the wall or sit on shelves. Given their standard of living, these men may be French non-commissioned officers.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- This article from "Der Krieg" provides an overview of German and Austro-Hungarian prison camp money (Lagergeld). Prison camp authorities issued script for Allied prisoners of war to make purchases inside prison camps. These authorities wanted to reduce the amount of money POW's used to reduce any opportunities of bribery of guards or to support escape attempts. Examples of script on this page are from Oberhofen (one Pfennig) in Germany and Chemnitz (ten Pfennige) in Saxony.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- In this drawing, Lt. Milton Hayes plays the lead role in a Mainz theatrical production. Theater productions helped prisoners pass their time in prison both as spectators and performers.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Dinner is served--Polish officers and internees are enjoying a meal in the dining hall at Werl. Note the bottles of beer on the table to the left. The accommodations are luxurious in relation to enlisted mens' prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- French Alpine troops, an elite army unit, enjoy a lunch of soup at a table inside their barrack at Wetzlar. Two POW's would go to the camp kitchen to fetch the dinner pot and then distribute the rations to the men in the barracks.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Russian prisoners enjoy the YMCA Reading Room at Braunau-am-Inn, which featured a wide selection of books, journals, and newspapers. Two prisoners are engaged in a game of dominoes on the front table and a gramophone stands in the back of the room. The prisoners decorated the room with garlands along the rafters.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- 1961 edition of the Western Michigan College Yearbook.
- Date Created:
- 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Aelfric's homily for Epiphany (In Aepiphania Domini; January 6) in the Second Series of Catholic Homilies treats Christ's baptism and offers comments on the role of baptism in contemporary Christian culture, as well as a justification for infant baptism.
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- SS (Early English Text Society) ; 5 and Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies
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- A small squad of French prisoners march off under German guard, possibly on a work detail.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- View of the interior of a ward in the lazarette at the prison camp at Soltau. The beds in this ward are full of sick and wounded Allied prisoners of war. The ward is well-provisioned with beds, blankets, and orderlies. The oven in the center of the ward provided heat and was common in POW barracks. The ward, like the barracks, is well ventilated with numerous windows.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries