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1. Sunday Afternoon Rest at Goettingen

Notes:
Allied prisoners of war of all nationalities enjoy a restful Sunday afternoon in the prison compound at Goettingen. Colonel Bogen, the camp commandant, stands in the foreground to the left.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Russian NCO Room at Muensingen

Notes:
Russian sergeants and corporals enjoyed a higher standard of living in relation to the rank and file depicted in this drawing of a Russian non-commissioned officer's room in Muensingen. Not only does the non-commissioned officer have a single bed, wall cabinet, and desk, he has a number of musical instruments (a mandolin, balalaika, and accordion) and fans decorate the walls.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. General View of the Prison Camp at Danzig

Notes:
This photograph provides a view of the barges and barracks at the north end of the prison camp at Danzig on the Vistula River. Prisoners unload planks from barges tied to the docks near the prison camp. The Germans housed some Allied POW's in the barges on the river bank.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Records Office at Wieselburg

Notes:
A group of Russian POW clerks work under the supervision of Austrian non-commissioned officers (they are wearing their caps) in the camp's Record Office. This office was administrative center of the prison camp since these records kept track of all the prisoners incarcerated in the facility.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Watch Tower at Crossen

Notes:
Russian prisoners stand in front of the central watch tower at Crossen-an-der-Oder. The Germans set up a defensive position at the base of the watch tower which included a number of field guns designed to allow the guards to maintain control of the camp in the event of a general rebellion. German officers stand in the defensive position while German NCO's organize the Russian prisoners. The central guard tower provided a commanding view of the entire facility.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Bread Warehouse at Zossen

Notes:
A British sailor hands a loaf of bread to a French prisoner under the supervision of a German NCO in the bread warehouse in Zossen. Russian prisoners look on from the right as a British POW loads some bread into a hand truck which will be used to distribute the bread in the camp. Note the stacks of loaves of bread behind the prisoners. Bread was a major component of POW rations in all German prison camps.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. British and Serbian POWs at Stargard

Notes:
British, Russian, and Serbian prisoners of war stand at attention in the prison compound at Stargard in the presence of a German nurse. The photograph aptly demonstrates the pitiable condition of Serbian prisoners who wear rags for uniforms.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

8. Types of Russian POWs at Schneidemuehl

Notes:
Far from home, a group of Russian prisoners representing nationalities in the Far East pose for this shot. Note the identification number on the right breast of several of the POW's.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

9. Allied Boulevard in the Prison Camp at Muensingen

Notes:
In this water color painting, prisoners walk along one of the camp's tree-lined streets (Allied Boulevard) in Muensingen. Several of the POWs are returning from mail call and are reading their letters on the steps of their barracks or as they walk in the street.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

10. Afternoon Concert at Goettingen

Notes:
The French orchestra performs an afternoon concert for recuperating sick and wounded prisoners of war in a garden outside of the hospital ward at Goettingen. The civilian standing to the extreme left, talking to the wounded Russian soldier is probably Archibald C. Harte.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries