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- Notes:
- This photograph shows a mace, used by the Germans to kill wounded Allied POW's. This mace had a flexible handle and a strap. It was undoubtedly used in close combat in the trenches and not necessarily employed to dispatch wounded men.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The canteen at Mainz was well-stocked as evidenced by this photograph. Allied officers enjoyed a wide variety of games, athletic equipment, hobby tools, reading material, cigars, furniture, luggage, architectural tools, food, and drinks, as shown in this display. By the end of the war, the availability of food, drinks, and tobacco were seriously reduced. POW officers had the financial resources to take advantage of these stores to improve their lives within the citadel.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The prison camp at Ruhleben had a very active athletic program, which helped internees pass their time and kept them physically fit. This drawing shows several internees taking their lives in their hands as they walk along the race track amid a variety of games in progress. The strollers are assaulted by other internees playing cricket, field hockey, soccer, golf, and rugby.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- British internees exercised by walking around the race course track at Ruhleben. This is a photograph of the grand stands and internees taking a stroll during the winter months.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of Scottish prisoners of war at Doeberitz light up pipes and cigarettes in the prison camp compound.
- Date Created:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- View of the one-story wooden barracks that characterized German construction practices at Goettingen. To the left side of the photograph, you can see the Bismarck Tower on the top of the hill.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This war prisoner drawing shows the prisoners' barracks at the prison camp in Kedos. British POW's lived in three stone buildings; two two-story buildings and a one-story barrack.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This map shows the extent of the destruction of the great fire at Kedos as well as the locations of many of the buildings associated with the prison camp. Most of the city was destroyed in the conflagration.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This list is the key to the map of the prison facilities at Kedos, this index identifies the POW barracks, messes, officers' quarters, shops, and miscellaneous buildings.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Italian prisoners of war compete in a weight-lifting competition in an unidentified Austrian prison camp. POW's often organized "Sports Days" in which prisoners competed in a variety of track and field events. Such events helped improve camp morale and training for the competition kept prisoners physically fit.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
