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- French prisoners of war unload packages from a railroad freight car at the railroad station at Muensingen under the gaze of a German sentry. Packages from home and relief agencies supplemented the food supplies of Allied prisoners and made their incarceration more bearable.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This water color painting depicts the post office at Muensingen. The post office afforded Allied POW's a link with the outside world as prisoners awaited word from home and loved ones through letters.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Captivity in a prison of war camp was more difficult in some ways than time served in a peacetime civilian prison because POW's had no idea when they would regain their freedom. Prisoners longed for the day when the German authorities would release them from Muensingen and they could head home. This wood block print shows a prisoner walking down the road towards family and friends. Note the kilometer marker to the POW's right indicating how far he would have to travel to reach the border.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The Germans employed prisoners with special skills to support camp operations. Russian POW's work on a number of projects inside the carpenter shop at Muensingen. They are building tables and cabinets with the various tools that are scattered around the workshop and on the walls. POW labor made prison camps self-supporting.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This drawing portrays a typical Russian POW at Muensingen. The first Russian prisoners arrived in the camp in November 1914 and many would remain at Muensingen after the Armistice of 1918.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The commandant's office served as the command post for the prison camp at Muensingen. All of the administrative affairs were conducted in this building to keep the camp running efficiently.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- While most Allied prisoners survived their captivity in German prison camps, some men died of their wounds, malnutrition, or disease. This is a drawing of the prison cemetery in the woods outside of Muensingen in the snow.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The presence of Russian prisoners from Muensingen on German farms grew more common during the course of World War I. This drawing depicts a Russian POW with a horse involved in agricultural work.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Skilled craftsmen provided important services to prisoners in prison camps. This is the interior of the tailor shop at Muensingen in which French prisoners repair uniforms. The working conditions are very good in this shop; the prisoners have access to light from the large window and electric light, warmth from the wood stove, and a variety of tools, including a sewing machine.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A German doctor bandages a prisoner's leg in the dispensary at Muensingen in this cartoon. The doctor has quite a bit of work ahead of him as prisoners wait their turn for medical attention. Note that most of the POW's are wearing wooden shoes due to the lack of leather in Germany by the end of the war. The doctor appears to be a cavalry officer since he is wearing spurs inside the clinic.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
