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PRISONERS

of WAR

in GERMANY

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Brandenburg an der Havel

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American prisoners of war at Brandenburg, Germany.

U.S. Naval Prisoners in Germany.

Four men of the guncrew of the merchant ship Campania, interned at Brandenburg.

 This photograph was sent to the American Red Cross

by Chief Petty Officer James Delaney of Brooklyn,

who is the president of the American Committee in the Brandenburg prison camp.

He is the second from the right in the group.

His companions are Charles L. Kline of Philadelphia and two other men of the Campania's gun crew.

 There are at present about twenty-five civilian and soldier Americans

under detention in the Brandenburg camp.

They receive weekly parcels of food and other necessaries

from the American Red Cross Bureau in Berne, Switzerland

10 June 1918

Photographer  : Through Mr. Abbott, Bureau of Prisoners Relief.

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Kriegsgefangenenhilfe.  Deutsches Hilfswerk für die Kriegs- und Zivilgefangenen

Kriegsgefangenenhilfe.

Deutsches Hilfswerk für die Kriegs- und Zivilgefangenen / Walter Ditz, '19.

Poster shows a kneeling goddess(?), holding her arms as if in offering.

Text:

Prisoner of War Relief Fund. German Relief Organization for War- and Civilian Prisoners of War.

Ditz, Walter, 1888-1925, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

München : Kunstanstalt O. Consée, 1919

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

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Mr. Ellis Dresel inspecting German Prison Camp, prior to the entrance of the United States in the war

Photographer : ARC. Bureau of Archives..

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Ausstellung von Arbeiten der in der Schweiz internierten deutschen Kriegsgefangenen

Tonhalle ... Ausstellung von Arbeiten der in der Schweiz internierten deutschen Kriegsgefangenen / Ludwig Hohlwein, München.

Poster shows a pensive German soldier resting his head on his fist.

Text announces an exhibition of artwork by German prisoners of war held in Switzerland.

 Location, times, and entrance fee included.

Hohlwein, Ludwig, 1874-1949, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

München : Fritz Maison, 191

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

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Russian prisoners

Photograph shows Russian prisoners of war standing outdoors during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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In East Prussia--Russian prisoners

Photograph shows Russian prisoners standing by a railroad car,

drinking from large cups during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

1914

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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Giving Bread to British prisoners

between 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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British and French prisoners assorting mail

Photograph shows British and French soldiers who are prisoners of war,

sorting mail during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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Russian prisoners -- Russians, Tartars, Kyrgyz etc.

Photograph shows Russian prisoners of war during World War I.

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

between 1914 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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Wounded Russian prisoners

Photograph shows wounded Russian prisoners being carried

in a horse-drawn cart through a street during World War I.

between 1915 and ca. 1915

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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Siberian prisoners in Germany

between 1915 and ca. 1920

Bain News Service, publisher

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

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Uncaptioned negative showing Russian prisoners of war

between 1919 and 1929

Source: researcher M. Higgins, 2018

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

POW prisonnier prisoner germany ww1 1914 1918 guerre

Uncaptioned negative showing Russian prisoners of war

between 1919 and 1929

Source: researcher M. Higgins, 2018

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

POW prisonnier prisoner germany ww1 1914 1918 guerre

Uncaptioned negative showing Russian prisoners of war carrying a pallet of bread

between 1919 and 1929

Source: researcher M. Higgins, 2018

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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American officers questioning prisoners

17 February 1919

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

prisonnier 14 18 hivert pierre robinet prel roumoulou boistel vandenberghe jezequel charpenay juret baspeyrat perard mcenary amato berfa

Prisonniers Français Récemment Capturés.

De gauche à droite: debout:

Hivert, Pierre, Robinet, Prel. Roumoulou, soldats;

Boistel, sergent; Vandenberghe, Jezequel, Charpenay, Juret, soldats: R.I. 159.

Assis:

Baspeyrart, Perard, soldats: R.I. 159; McEnany Fred W., soldat, R.I. 127; Amato, soldat, R.J.I. 11; McEnany Robert, soldat, R.I. 127; Berfa, caporal; Robinet, soldat: R.I. 159

ca. 1918

American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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