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1. A Group of Polish Legionnaires at Huszt

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A group of Polish Legionnaire officers, including a Catholic chaplain (sitting on the right) and several women (standing in the back row) pose for a photograph at the prison camp at Huszt between two Hungarian guards.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Polish POWs Repairing Their Uniforms at Bustyahaza

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Polish Legionnaires look out the windows or sit on the ground outside of their barrack at Bustyahaza repairing and delousing their uniforms under Hungarian guard. When these enlisted men refused to take an oath of allegiance to the new Polish Regency in Warsaw in 1916, the Austro-Hungarians deemed them a security risk and interned them in this prison camp.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. POW behind Bars in Huszt

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A Polish Legionnaire officer looks out of his cell window, behind iron bars, at Huszt while two Hungarian sentries stand guard. He probably committed an infraction of the camp regulations which resulted in his incarceration inside a prison camp.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Distribution of Dinner Rations at Huszt

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Polish Legionnaires line up for their dinner ration of soup in the prison compound at Huszt in 1918. Prisoners retrieved large pots of soup from the camp kitchen and ladled out the rations in the open compound. The POW's receive their meals under the watchful eye of a Hungarian guard. The Hungarians interned these Polish prisoners in 1916 when they refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new Polish Regency in Poland.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Women Talking to Polish Internees at Huszt

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Two women talk to two Polish Legionnaire officers in the prison camp compound at Huszt. A Hungarian guard accompanies the group.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Prison Camp Entrance to Huszt

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A Hungarian sentry stands guard at the entrance to the prison camp at Huszt in 1918. The barbed-wire fence enclosing the prison compound does not appear to be in the best of condition. Some of the camp's barracks and some incarcerated Polish Legionnaires stand in the background.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries