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- Serbian prisoners of war clean the streets of a German town with shovels and brooms under the gaze of a large German guard.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A column of Italian troops marches past captured artillery at Karst to the German rear for assembly and transportation to prison camps in Germany.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Two Arab prisoners of war, incarcerated in a German POW camp, pose for a photograph for a WPA Secretary.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Members of a French gymnastics club at Erfurt exercise on the high bar in the compound of the camp. One prisoner is swinging on the bar and another is landing in a dismount to the right. Two German soldiers and the club members observe the performance. Some of the camp's two-story buildings stand in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- General view of the prison camp at Hameln, highlighting the commandant's office (the first building on the right) and the prison school house (the building on the left). There is a decorative garden in front of the commandant's office and the wooden barracks of the camp can be seen in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The English prisoners of war produced a number of theatrical performances in the theater at Goettingen. In this photograph, four "couples," which include four "young ladies," promenade outdoors.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- American YMCA Secretary Bryant Ryall distributes bags of presents, bread, and a Christmas tree to Serbian boy prisoners at Braunau-am-Inn. Russian and Serbian prisoners observe this activity. The YMCA focused a great deal of attention on these boys and sought to make the Christmas season a joyous occasion.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Prisoners wash and disinfect clothing under the supervision of an Austrian non-commissioned officer in the laundry at Wieselburg. This was a new facility and featured hot water treatment of POW clothing. The elimination of vermin reduced the outbreak of epidemics and improved the general health of prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Furlorn French prisoners have finished their dinners in an unidentified German prison camp but their stomachs remain hungry. This photograph depicts the harsh conditions prisoners faced as a result of the Allied blockade.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- American POW's wash up and shave in the morning at the outdoor sinks outside their barracks at Rastatt. They had to use cold water taps for their toilet. Daily washing was important for maintaining hygiene in prison camps and helped reduce the outbreak of disease.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
