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1. Polish POWs Flying an Airplane in Bustyahaza

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Polish Legionnaires have some fun "flying an airplane" in the prison compound at Bustyahaza. They built the plane from a barrel, a plank, and some spare pieces of wood. Officers watch the prisoners have some fun.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Polish POWs Repairing Their Uniforms at Bustyahaza

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Polish Legionnaires look out the windows or sit on the ground outside of their barrack at Bustyahaza repairing and delousing their uniforms under Hungarian guard. When these enlisted men refused to take an oath of allegiance to the new Polish Regency in Warsaw in 1916, the Austro-Hungarians deemed them a security risk and interned them in this prison camp.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Outdoor Roman Catholic Mass at Bustyahaza

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Bare-headed and on bended-knee Polish prisoners participate in a Roman Catholic mass at an outdoor chapel at Bustyahaza. The open air chapel is decorated with plants and paintings.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Interior of a Polish Barrack at Bustyahaza

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This photograph shows the interior of an enlisted men's barrack in the prison camp at Bustyahaza. These Polish prisoners lived in very crowded conditions with many of their belongings hanging from the walls of their quarters.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Repatriation of Polish Legionaires from Bustyahaza

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While many of the high-ranking Polish Legion officers remained in captivity, these prisoners were discharged from the prison camp at Bustyahaza on 31 March 1918. The signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended the fighting on the Eastern Front and temporarily established the regency in Warsaw as the legitimate Polish government.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Address to Polish Legionaires at Bustyahaza

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This pamphet was issued as an address to the Polish Legionnaires interned at Bustyahaza in 1918. The address features the white eagle of the Polish coat of arms.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries