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- A POW distributes letters outdoors to French and Belgian prisoners at Zwickau. These letters have been approved for dissemination by the German censors. Note the white identification badges sewn on the left breast pocket of the prisoners' uniforms.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- German officers and interpreters open and review recently arrived mail searching for contraband and unauthorized information. Once the letters are censored, French prisoners will distribute the mail to their comrades in the camp at Darmstadt.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners inspect each of the parcels received by the prison camp at Stendal under the supervision of a German censor (two stand to the left in the picture). The Germans strove to prevent contraband from the prison population. Once passed by the censors, these parcels would be distributed to their recipients at the camp post office.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A wagon full of parcels stands outside the prison camp parcel post office at Ulm. French prisoners unload the wagon under the watch of a German non-commissioned officer. A German officer watches from the right, standing next to a basket full of goods. The parcels will be inspected by German censors and then distribution to the POW camp population. Note that the wagon is not designed to be pulled by a horse; the prisoners pulled the wagon from the train station to the camp.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The German officer seated at the desk was the camp censor at Doeberitz. He was responsible for inspecting all of the mail that the prisoners sent and received in the camp for contraband information. He was assisted in his duties by the Russian prisoners in this photograph.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French prisoners work in the Parcel Post Office in the prison camp at Friedrichsfeld under the supervision of German non-commissioned officers. The POW's log in packages in preparation for their distribution to the inmates. Business in the office appears to be brisk given the large number of parcels on the shelves and stacked on the floor.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A French prisoner is busy writing a letter from Muensingen in this drawing. POW's were allowed to write two letters and several post cards each week which traveled free through the international mails. Limitations on correspondence were necessary due to the limited number of censors in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- This French military post tag was attached to parcels sent by the Prisoner of War Service to French POW's in Germany. This parcel was sent to an interned French civilian incarcerated at the old fortress in Rastatt. Parcels significantly enhanced the quality of life for prisoners by enhancing their dietary options as well as emotional support from home.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- British internees wait outside the parcel post office window to pick up packages from their families or friends. The Germans had to inspect the parcels for contraband before turning the packages over to the prisoners.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The library was a critical service for POW's as books allowed prisoners to leave the confines of the camp intellectually and improve their educations. This drawing illustrates the French library at Muensingen showing prisoners reading books and writing letters.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
