A French prisoner is busy writing a letter from Muensingen in this drawing. POW's were allowed to write two letters and several post cards each week which traveled free through the international mails. Limitations on correspondence were necessary due to the limited number of censors in prison camps.
The exit of the escape tunnel dug by French prisoners outside the prison wall at Zwickau. They selected a spot to emerge which was far from the German sentries and difficult to see from the guard tower. Dressed in civilian clothing, they made their way to a neutral country.
Italian prisoners compete in a game of doubles on the tennis court at Dunaszerdahley. Italian POW spectators sit on bleachers watching another game to the left.
A member of the Czechoslovak Legion, Josefu Sobotkovi, faces an Austrian court martial in this courtyard in Breguzzo, Italy. If the drumhead council found Sobotkovi guilty of treason, he would receive capital punishment. The Czechs were Austrian subjects and were tried for taking up arms against the empire.
WPA Secretary John Klanmann (in the center in civilian clothing) poses with a group of Russian prisoners of war in an unknown Austrian prison camp. These men were most likely involved with the camp's YMCA Welfare Committee and worked closely with the YMCA secretary.
