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1. Camp Kitchen at Goettingen

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This is the interior of the prison camp kitchen at Goettingen where French and British prisoners of war smoke pipes and receive instructions on that day's meal. The cooks prepare the soup in the large stoves and vats of potatoes stand along the walls. Mass production of prepared food was essential for the daily maintenance of a prison camp.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Store Room at Limburg

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Five British prisoners of war sit on a bench in front of the store room at Limburg peeling potatoes, under the watchful gaze of a German non-commissioned officer. The store room appears full given the bags of supplies behind the window. Note that the British prisoners wear identification bands on their upper left arms.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Camp Kitchen at Limburg

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A French officer tastes the day's soup in the camp kitchen at Limburg, as Russian and German cooks prepare for the distribution of the meal to the prisoners. Feeding all of the men in a prison camp on a daily basis was a massive undertaking in spite of wartime food shortages.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. French Bakers at Guestrow

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French bakers prepare bread dough in the prison kitchen at Guestrow while fresh bread cools on the shelves behind them. These bakers had to produce a large amount of bread every day to meet the dietary requirements established by the German Ministry of War.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. French Sculptor at Work in Zossen

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The German authorities permitted this French sculptor to continue his trade in prison at Zossen. He was assigned his own workshop and is working on a monument. This workshop also served as a dining room and a place to sleep (note the pile of mattresses on the floor to the left). The prisoners are very comfortable as one reads a newspaper, another smokes, and two others sit down to a meal.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Food Preparation in the Camp Kitchen at Goettingen

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French and British prisoners of war sit and peel potatoes as cooks stir the soup over the stoves. These POW's have a lot of work to do given the vats full of potatoes. It was imperative for the camp kitchen feed thousands of prisoners three times a day to keep all of the POW's healthy.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. Bread Warehouse at Josefstadt

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Russian prisoners stack freshly baked bread on cooling shelves in the bread warehouse at Josefstadt, under the supervision of an Austrian non-commissioned officer. Large prison camps went through thousands of loaves of bread every day as bread was served with almost every meal.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

8. Prison Kitchen at Limburg

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A British prisoner of war adds a shovel load of coal to the fire which heats the stove where other British POW's prepare a meal under the direction of a German non-commissioned officer. The amount of soup prepared in the kitchen at Limburg is reflected in the size of the ladle and stirrer held by the prisoners. Meals had to be mass produced to meet the nutritional requirements of prison camps three times a day.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries