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- A group of Polish legionnaires and civilians stand in the prison compound at Havelberg. The Germans interned these men because they refused to swear allegiance to the new Polish Regency in Warsaw in 1916.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Polish residents of Barrack I stand outside their accommodations in this group picture from 1919. Disputes over the future of Upper Silesia resulted in tense relations between the new German and Polish republics.
- Date Created:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A group of Polish civilians and Polish legionnaires stand outside of their barrack in Havelberg. These men refused to take an oath of allegiance ot the new Polish Regency that the Central Powers established in Warsaw and became interned for the duration of the war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- German doctors have isolated these Polish civilians on the suspicion that they have been exposed to cholera. These patients live in the tents but have to be quarantined to prevent a potential cholera epidemic. Cholera was a serious problem the Germans encountered in Russian Poland.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A large group of Polish civilians and legionnaires pose for a photograph in the prison compound at Havelberg. From the German perspective, these men constituted a threat to the new Polish Regency under Austro-German control because they refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the new regime in Warsaw in 1916.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Dinner is served--Polish officers and internees are enjoying a meal in the dining hall at Werl. Note the bottles of beer on the table to the left. The accommodations are luxurious in relation to enlisted mens' prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- In this photograph, a group of Polish civilians and Polish legionnaires pose in the prison compound at Havelberg. Their refusal to swear an oath of allegiance to the new Polish regency in Warsaw forced the Germans to intern them for the remainder of the war.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
