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1. Women Washing at Holzminden

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Women wash their clothing in tubs outside of their barracks at Holzminden. They are accompanied by their children and a man stands on a ladder, to the right, repairing a window.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Interned Women Sewing at Holzminden

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French women from Ban-de-Sept, a village in the Vosges, sit in their barracks and sew in the prison camp at Holzminden.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Interned Children at Holzminden

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Children play in the streets of the prison camp at Holzminden outside of their one-story wooden barracks. The Germans incarcerated interned French families at Holzminden early in the war as enemy aliens. While the prison camp was segregated into men's and women's compounds at night, internees could visit other sections of the facility during the day.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Children Leaving the Women's Camp at Holzminden

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A group of children leave the women's compound of the prison camp at Holzminden accompanied by a Landsturm guard. They pass by a sentry's guard box, which marks the entrance to the women's section of the camp and may be enroute to school or some other activity. Interned civilians were divided into two compounds at Holzminden: one for men and the other for women. The sexes were segregated at night but the gates were opened during the day.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. School at Holzminden

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Students and their teachers pose for a photograph outside of the school house at the internment camp at Holzminden. German authorities had to provide additional social services to support the women and children incarcerated in civilian internment camps.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Dinner Line at Holzminden

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Internees, children, and French prisoners of war line up for their meals outside of the camp kitchen at Holzminden. The adults have soup bowls ready while the children carry dinner pails.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries