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1. Russian POWs at Augustowo (1914)

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Despite early successes in invading East Prussia, the Germans, under General Paul von Hindenburg, bolstered the German defenses and soon drove the Russians back into Russian Poland. This photograph shows 15,000 Russian prisoners of war awaiting transportation to prison camps in Germany.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Russian POWs at Mlawa (1915)

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Russian prisoners assemble in the town square at Mlawa in Russian Poland under the gaze of Polish towns people and German troops.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Can POWs Win the War?

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Fifteen-thousand Russian prisoners of war line up for a meal in Augustowo, in Russian Poland. The feeding and care of millions of Allied POW's placed a tremendous strain on the German war economy. The author suggests that the burden of feeding millions of Entente POWs would help the Allies win the war.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Group of Russian POWs on the Vistula Front (December 1915)

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A group of recently captured Russian soldiers rest on their way to the prisoner assembly center in the German December Offensive in 1915 on the Vistula Front. The Russian prisoners are talking to an Austrian soldier.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Russian POWs Captured at the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes (February 1915)

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After capture in the German offensive in the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes in February 1915, these Russian prisoners prepare for transport to Germany from a German border town. Note the destruction of the town in the background of the photograph.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Capture of Russian Troops from Kyrgyzstan at Brzeziny

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German troops capture twenty-five Russian soldiers from Kyrgyzstan at Brzeziny in Russian Poland in 1915.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. Russian POWs in East Prussia (1914)

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Thousands of Russian prisoiners of war line up in an East Prussian town early in the war in preparation for transportation to prison camps in Germany.
Date Created:
1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries