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- The ball is in play high above the net as American POW's enjoy a game of volleyball in the compound at Rastatt. The American YMCA "invented" basketball and volleyball to make better use of their gymnasiums in Association buildings. WPA Secretaries provided war prisoners with balls and nets to play volleyball in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French privates lived in very crowded conditions as depicted in this drawing of the interior of a barrack in Muensingen. Prisoners slept in two-tiered bunk beds and while most of their limited belongings fit inside lockers or wall cabinets, some possessions were stacked on the rafter braces.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners work in the prison kitchen at Muensingen stirring soup in a large oven in this wood block print. By using large ovens, the Germans could feed large numbers of POW's efficiently.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The commandant of the prison camp at Bohmte sits astride his horse in the camp compound in this winter photograph. The Germans assigned British prisoners to this camp in Hannover.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Commite d'Initiative et de Bienfaisance at Friedrichsfeld sponsored this four-part comedy play, "Le Gendre de M. Poirer," on 29 August 1915. The play was performed by the Theatre de I'Exil to help entertain the prisoners in the camp. The lithographed program was produced by prisoners in the camp.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Despite the peace treaty between Russia and Germany, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (3 March 1918), Russian POW's continued to languish in German prison camps due to the Russian Civil War. Russian prisoners could not return home because the Allies did not want to swell the ranks of the Red Army and rail transportation through Poland was cut off due to the Russo-Polish War. The American YMCA sent War Prisoners' Aid secretaries back into Germany to provide relief for Russian POW's and M.V. Arnold was assigned to the prison camp at Parchim to restore welfare services. This program, developed by the Russian POW's to honor Arnold's work, depicts various scenes in the prison camp: food provided by the Association, a Christmas tree, a boxing match, a view of a camp barrack, and a German sentry guarding the fence. Note the Red Star at the top of the program. Bolshevik agitators infiltrated many of the German prison camps especially after German authorities captured Red Army troops that chose internment in East Prussia rather than decimation by the Polish Army during the Russo-Polish War.
- Date Created:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This is a photograph of the World's Committee General Secretaries in their office in Geneva. To the left is Christian Phildius and Theodore Giesendorf sits at the right.
- Date Created:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Members of the fire brigade in an unidentified German prison camp display their equipment, which includes hoses, a fire engine, and tubs on poles. The fire brigade is composed of Russian prisoners of war. German non-commissioned officers stand behind the fire engine.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The British internees at Ruhleben designed this Christmas card, depicting a jack of clubs, complete with a set of golf clubs. The prisoners' Christmas cards attempted to inject a bit of humor during a time of year when prisoners were especially home sick.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This 50 Pfennige script (Lagergeld) was issued by the Inspector General office of the 14th Army Corps in Carlsruhe. This money could only be used by prisoners to make purchases inside of the prison camps administered by the 14th Army Corps Bezirke and could not be used as tender outside of these facilities. The use of script was designed to reduce the chance of bribery and escape attempts.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
