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1. "Champions of Liberty"--British and French Colonial POWs at Muenster

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A major theme in German propaganda was the Allied use of colonial troops to promote liberty and to save European civilization. The Germans highlighted the irony of the Allied policy as the British, French, and Russians used subjugated people to defend their liberty. These photographs portray nine French and British colonial soldiers waiting for the end of the war in the prison camp at Muenster-Rennbahn.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. British and French POWs Play Chess

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A game of chess pits a French soldier against a French colonial trooper in a German prison camp. Spectators include French prisoners of war and German soldiers. A British POW naps in his chair while wearing his slippers. Board games helped improve the morale in the barracks by giving the prisoners some mental diversions.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. French and North African POWs in a German Prison Camp

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A group of French prisoners mark time in a German prison camp. While they all serve in the French army, the men to the right are colonial troops from North Africa and those to the left are from France.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Allied POWs Incarcerated at Langensalza

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A large group of Russian and French POW's (including a Senegalese prisoner on the ground in the front row) pose for a photograph in the prison compound at Langensalza. Note the POW identification badges on the left arms of the prisoners. The Germans integrated prisoners from various Allied nations into the same prison camp to avoid accusations of favoritism. The Western Entente governments protested against this policy because of the risk of epidemics from Russian troops. The Germans also used photographs of various Allied troops for propaganda purposes to bolster the war effort.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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5. French Colonial POWs at Muenster

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A photograph of French colonial troops (primarily Moroccan and Senegalese) sitting on a bench in the prison camp at Muenster II. The Germans emphasized the dependence that Western Allied governments had on their colonial troops in a propaganda campaign and underlined the reality that Germany was fighting a world war.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries