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1. Group of Russian POWs at Wetzlar

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A large group of Russian prisoners captured by the Germans at Tannenberg pose with three German NCO's and a few French prisoners in the camp compound at Wetzlar. Many of the Russian POW's would not return home for years as a result of the Russian Civil War. Note that some of the Russian POW's are wearing wooden shoes instead of their issued leather boots which reflected the beginning of a leather shortage in Germany.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Arrival of Provisions at Wetzlar

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French prisoners unload food provisions in baskets from a wagon under the supervision of a German NCO and armed guards. Soup pots sit on the ground to the right. The scene is from the Winter of 1914-1915 and it is cold--many of the prisoners have their hands in their pockets. The prison barracks at Wetzlar stand behind the prisoners.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. View of the Prison Hospital at Wetzlar

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A delegation of German doctors, French doctors and corpsmen, and a French nurse visit the hospital at Wetzlar. They stand in front of the hospital ward while prisoner patients stand behind a barbed wire fence. Red Cross inspections became a common practice in prison camps to ensure the best possible care of POW's under the care of the belligerent powers.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4. Group of French POWs at Wetzlar

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A group of six French prisoners of war pose for a picture in the compound yard at Wetzlar. This photograph affords a view of the barracks in this camp. One of the French prisoners (identified by his uniform and boots) is wearing a Russian Cossack hat.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. French Alpine Troopers at Dinner at Wetzlar

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French Alpine troops, an elite army unit, enjoy a lunch of soup at a table inside their barrack at Wetzlar. Two POW's would go to the camp kitchen to fetch the dinner pot and then distribute the rations to the men in the barracks.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries