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- Description:
- Dinner menu from a ball held by the Duke of Nassau on January 12, 1866. The menu is in French. The Nassau coat of arms depicting a gold lion rampant and seven billets on a blue field is printed at the top. "Ball at Duke of Naßau Palais - Mr. Drake Wiesbaden," is handwritten at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History
- Description:
- Dinner menu from a ball held by the Duke of Nassau on January 12, 1866. The menu is in French. The Nassau coat of arms depicting a gold lion rampant and seven billets on a blue field is printed at the top. "Ball at Duke of Naßau Palais - Mr. Drake Wiesbaden," is handwritten at the bottom.
- Date Issued:
- 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Notes:
- German torpedo bomber, medium bomber, HE (Heinkel) 111K, March 15, 1944.
- Date Created:
- 1944-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Type 36 (Roeder ex-German) Russian DD (destroyer), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Maasz class (Type 34 ex-German), Russian DD (destroyer), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German heavy bomber, reconnaissance, Heinkel 177, May 28, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-05-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German RF/P reconnaissance fighter, torpedo bomber, HE (Heinkel) 115, July 5, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- XXI type (ex-German) Russian SS (submarine), confidential, September 1, 1948.
- Date Created:
- 1948-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Notes by Pieter N. Termaat on Germany's military agression and strategy in the Netherlands during World War II.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German bomber fighter, ME (Messerschmitt) 109F, July 2, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Field notes from trips to Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany and Ireland to assess programs supported by W.K. Kellogg.
- Date Created:
- 1967-09-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Lecture notes by Pieter Termaat about the rise of fascism in Europe and the lead up to World War II.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German RF/P, reconnaissance fighter, Arado 196, July 5, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German torpedo bomber, medium bomber, HE (Heinkel) 111K, July 2, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German RF/P reconnaissance fighter, Arado 196, July 5, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German dive bomber aircraft, medium bomber, JU (Junkers) 88 C, March 15, 1944.
- Date Created:
- 1944-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Maasz class (Type 34 ex-German), Russian DD (destroyer), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German medium bomber, torpedo bomber, HE (Heinkel) 111, November 15, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-11-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German bomber, single-seated fighter, FW (Focke-Wulf) 190, May 15, 1944.
- Date Created:
- 1944-05-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Type VII-C class (ex-German 500 Tonner) Russian SS (submarine), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Notes by Pieter N. Termaat on Germans and Germany before and after World War II.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Petro Pavlovsk (ex-Prinz Eugen class) Russian CA (heavy cruiser), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German light cruiser Emden was the first ship of its class built in Germany after WWI.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German bomber fighter, FW 190, June 30, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German bomber fighter, ME (Messerschmitt) 109F, June 30, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Admiral Makarov (ex-Nurenberg) Russian CA (heavy cruiser), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German torpedo bomber, medium bomber, HE (Heinkel) 111K, July 5, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Type 36 (Roeder ex-German) Russian DD (destroyer), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- German bomber, single-seated fighter, FW (Focke-Wulf) 190, May 20, 1944.
- Date Created:
- 1944-05-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- These French prisoners are tending sheep and cows. This herd is probably part of an unidentified prison camp's food supply system.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French and British prisoners board a train at Cambrai bound for Germany and captivity. Many of these men have lost parts of their uniforms and have adopted civilian clothing. Many carry substantial belongings with them as they head for life in a prison camp.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of French prisoners of war carrying their recent purchases march through the streets of Berlin under a German guard. These men probably gave their parole that they would not attempt to escape, which allowed them to shop in the city.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The members of the Executive Committee of the World's Committee met on a monthly basis in the World's Alliance headquarters in Geneva. This photograph was taken in 1913 and many of these men would soon return home to support the young men called to their nations' colors.
- Date Created:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- German troops round up all of the males in a Serbian village for internment during the third invasion of the kingdom in 1915.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- These Russian prisoners of war were members of the YMCA Band in a German prison which included brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. They are sitting on the stage of a theater where they performed during theatricals. An unidentified Red Triangle secretary sits behind the big bass drum in civilian attire.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photograph provides a panoramic view of the prison camp at Ohrdruf. It clearly shows the prison camp barracks, the wire fence (with a German sentry on guard duty), and the Thueringian hills in the background.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This photograph shows the reading room and library at Cassel. French, Belgian, and Russian prisoners enjoy a wide range of reading materials in the library for both education and entertainment.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Russian, French, and Belgian prisoners of war line up at the window of the camp kitchen at Goettingen where they will receive their barrack's ration of food. They will then carry the meals back to their quarters for the final distribution.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- 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
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- An unidentified YMCA secretary, on the right, stands outside a lazaret in a German prison camp with a Russian doctor and an unknown civilian (in the center). A French orderly and several patients pose by the door of the lazarette.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This is the front page of the first edition of "The Barbed Wireless," a newspaper for American POW's at Rastatt, a German propaganda camp for Ukrainian prisoners of war (note that the price of the newspaper is in kopeks, the prison camp's currency). The newspaper focused on humor, as reflected on the two headline stories, and cartoons (the newspaper was mimeographed). The editors included sports scores and camp announcements, featuring YMCA activities.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- 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
- Notes:
- An international orchestra composed of Allied prisoners performs under the direction of a German director in the prison camp at Wahn. The orchestra includes stringed, reed, and percussion instruments and the music stands appear to have been made in the camp. Musical performances helped improve camp morale and many musicians were internationally-renowned before the war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A view of prisoners in a washroom in the enlisted men's prison at Wuerzburg. This photograph was taken from the door way of the washroom and shows the window. Morning washing was important from a hygienic perspective to keep POW's clean.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Two prisoners of war walk along a path outside of the hospital ward at Goettingen. The lazaret was located on the periphery of most camps and separated by fences so that in the event of the outbreak of a communicable disease, the ward could be more easily isolated from the general camp population.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- English prisoners of war assemble in front of the new YMCA Hall at Goettingen for a group photograph. The new hall is decorated with evergreens for the inauguration ceremony.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Two British prisoners of war plane the bark off wooden logs as a German guard in a Pickelhaube watches their work.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This storeroom in the Geneva headquarters of the World's Alliance of YMCA's is where secretraries prepared circulating libraries for shipment to labor detachments in the Central Power and Allied nations. The walls of the hallway are covered with stacks of circulating libraries, a testiment to their popularity among prisoners.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This color painting shows a severely wounded French prisoner recovering from a head injury.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Six members of the American Help Committee at Rastatt pose for a photograph at the time of their release. Note the excellent condition of these men despite their incarceration in a German prison camps. They were responsible for distributing relief parcels and support camp conditions for needy American POWs.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries