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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
PRISONERS
of
WAR
in SWITZERLAND
page 2
Berne
Individual parcels ready for shipment into Germany for American prisoners of war.
Storehouse at Bumpliz, a suburb of Berne
December 1918
Photographer : ARC. Commission to Switzerland.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Kehratz
Warehouse platform at Kehrsatz, near Berne
where clothing is made up into bales and sent in carload lots to American prisoners in Germany
20 November 1918
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Kehratz
Warehouse platform at Kehrsatz, near Berne
where clothing is made up into bales and sent in carload lots to American prisoners in Germany
20 November 1918
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Packing individual parcels for American Prisoners of War in Germany.
Storehouse at Bumpliz, a suburb of Berne
December 1918
Photographer : ARC. Commission to Switzerland.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Berne
[close up]
Packing individual parcels for American Prisoners of War in Germany.
Storehouse at Bumpliz, a suburb of Berne
December 1918
Photographer : ARC. Commission to Switzerland.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Berne
Packing food for our prisoners in Germany at A.R.C.
packing plant at Bumpliz near Berne, Switzerland.
This is only one room of a four story building with special railroad sidings, chutes, freight yards, etc.
There are two other such buildings in Switzerland, one at Kehrsatz (for clothing) near Berne,
and a second storehouse at Renens, near Lausanne, Switzerland.
Another reserve storehouse under the control of the American Red Cross Commission
is at Copenhagen Denmark,
under the direction of W.W. Husband, of the A.R.C. (prisoners of war) commission in Switzerland
6 January 1919
Photographer : ARC
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Kehratz
Warehouse platform at Kehrsatz, near Berne,
where clothing is made up into bales and shipped in carload lots
directly to American prisoners in Germany.
This big warehouse handles clothing only.
The packing, storage and shipping of trainloads of food boxes for American prisoners in Germany
is done from Bumplitz, 3 miles from Berne where Swiss, interned Allied soldiers
and other needy persons are given employment in the packing room.
The American Red Cross has another store house at Renens, near Lausanne,
and a reserve store house at Copenhagen, Denmark,
the latter in charge of W.W. Husband of the Swiss Commission of the Red Cross
20 November 1918
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Kehratz
One of the dozens of vast storage rooms at Kehrsatz, Switzerland,
where clothing of all sorts is stored up, packed and shipped to American prisoners in Germany.
This picture was taken in the "Puttee Room"
where thousands of boxes of puttees are piled up awaiting shipment
20 November 1918
Photographer : Joseph A. Collin
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Berne
Sliding individual parcels by gravity from second story of Bumpliz warehouse
into cars for shipment to American Prisoners in Germany
December 1918
Photographer : ARC. Commission to Switzerland.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Berne
General view of American Red Cross plant at Bumpliz near Berne,
from which supplies are sent to American prisoners in Germany
January 1919
Photographer : ARC, American Red Cross Com. to Switzerland.
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Berne
Warehouse at Berne, Switzerland
10 June 1918
Photographer : Through Mr. Abbott, Bureau of Prisoners Relief
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Kehratz
Group of store houses of the American Red Cross at Kehrsatz, a suburb of Berne,
used for the storage of clothing
December 1918
Photographer : ARC. Commission to Switzerland
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Berne
ARC General Offices at Berne Photo shows lower floors.
The R.C. now occupies three floors of this building
and the ground floor of the building next door to the right.
Photo shows one of many French interns employed by the Red Cross.
The R.C. also has offices at the Warehouses in Kehrstatz, Bumpliz and Lausanne
ca. 1918 or 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Berne
Left to right:
Carl P. Dennett, Swiss Commissioner,
Col. Godson
&
Capt. Schelling, U.S. Military Attaches, Berne
ca. 1918 or 1919
American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress)