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1. Hospital Ward at Reichenberg

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Prisoners recuperate from wounds or illnesses in the hospital ward at Reichenberg. The ward is clean and well-maintained by the orderlies standing in the back of the room, but all of the beds are full of patients.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2. Recreation Chests at Reichenberg

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The Russian prisoners in Reichenberg display the contents of the recreation chest they just received from the YMCA War Prisoners' Aid organization in Vienna. Each chest held games (Tambola, dominoes, chess, checkers, and Mensch aergere dich nicht), musical instruments (accordions and harmonicas), books, and Russian Orthodox crosses. An unidentified Association secretary, in the civilian clothing and wearing the C.V.J.M. armband), poses with the Russian prisoners. The YMCA committee in the prison camp then sent these recreation chests to POW's working outside of the camp in Arbeitskommandos (labor detachments).
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. General View of the Prison Camp at Reichenberg

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This photograph provides a general view of the officer's prison camp at Reichenberg. The Austrians housed Russian prisoners in a four-story hotel amid pine wooded hills, although the building is surrounded by barbed-wire. As in most armies, officers received far superior accommodations in relation to enlisted men, especially in prison.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. POWs Swimming at Reichenberg

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Prisoners at Reichenberg had the opportunity to swim in a small lake next to the prison camp. The Austrians constructed wooden walls around the beach and into the water to reduce the chances of escape. Swimming was an excellent activity for prisoners since the men could clean off, get some exercise, and cool off during the hot summer months.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. YMCA Committee at Reichenberg

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A group of Russian prisoners pose around a table outside of their barracks in the prison compound at Reichenberg. Max Rieser, a Swiss YMCA secretary, took the photograph in the Spring of 1918. An Austrian prison camp censor approved the photograph in April 1918, as attested by the censor stamp on the right.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. A YMCA Secretary and Russian Officers at Reichenberg

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Max Reiser, a Swiss YMCA secretary, sits in the center (wearing the bowler hat) at a table with Russian POW's in the prison compound at Reichenberg. Reiser appears to have just distributed books to the prisoners, which were often in short supply in prison camps. The prison censor stamp indicates that the censor approved the photo on 17 April 1918.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. Distribution of Dinner at Reichenberg

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Russian prisoners line up for their meal outside the camp kitchen at Reichenberg and await the order from the Austrian non-commissioned officer for the soup distribution to begin. Ration distribution was conducted on an individual basis.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries