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PRISONERS

of WAR

in FRANCE

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german soissons POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Soissons

Soissons.jpg

German prisoners

Soissons

Photograph shows German prisoners at Soissons, France during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

Image copied by Bain from a photograph by Agence Meurisse with French caption: "A Soissons : prisonniers allemands dans les rues." Translation: At Soissons: German prisoners in the streets.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

German prisoners in France

Photograph shows German prisoners, possibly receiving food or supplies

from camp staff in France during World War I.

between 1914 and 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german reims POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Reims

Reims.jpg

German prisoners burying dead

Photograph shows German prisoners burying dead soldiers, near Reims, France during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914 Oct. 28

Image copied by Bain from a photograph (np. 55182) by Agence Meurisse with French caption:

"Prisonniers Allemands enterrant leurs morts aux environs de Reims."

Translation: German prisoners burying (?) their dead around Reims.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german villeroy POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Villeroy

Villeroy.jpg

German prisoners burying dead

Photograph shows German prisoners burying dead soldiers, near Reims, France during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914 Oct. 28

Image copied by Bain from a photograph (np. 55182) by Agence Meurisse with French caption:

"Prisonniers Allemands enterrant leurs morts aux environs de Reims."

Translation: German prisoners burying (?) their dead around Reims.

(Source: Gallica Digital Library website and Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german chauconin neufmontiers POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Chauconin - Neufmontiers

Chauconin - Neufmontiers.jpg

Chauconin-Neufmontiers

German wounded prisoners

Photograph shows German prisoners at Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german chauconin neufmontiers POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Chauconin - Neufmontiers

Chauconin - Neufmontiers.jpg

Chauconin-Neufmontiers

German wounded prisoners

Photograph shows German prisoners at Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

between ca. 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Another sort of war ruin - after several days in the trenches

A British Red Cross orderly escorting a wounded, captured, German soldier

to a field hospital for treatment.

[between 1914 and 1918]

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

German prisoners

Photograph shows German prisoners of war behind barbed wire fence during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

German prisoners

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

German prisoners

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

German prisoners – France

Photograph shows German prisoners of war in France during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1918

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

German prisoners resting

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Wounded German prisoners

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

verdun german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Verdun

Verdun.jpg

German prisoners, Verdun

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

champagne german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

Bread to German prisoners, Champagne

Photograph shows German prisoners in Champagne, France during World War I.

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

german POW WW1 prisoner prisonnier guerre 14 18  1914 1918

German soldiers; probably prisoners of war

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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