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Destroyed Storefront in East Prussia
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German soldiers posing in front of a destroyed storefront in the city of Neidenburg in East Prussia in September 1914. Taken after the expulsion of Russian forces which had invaded East Prussia in August 1914 and been subsequently defeated at the Battle of Tannenberg.
1914
Frankl, Eduard
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WHi 131709
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Train Car Load of Hay in East Prussia
1914
German train shipping hay to the front in East Prussia.
Ortelsburg in East Prussia
circa 1914-1918
Scene of destroyed and burned buildings. Sign on building reads: "Stadtkasse."
Soldiers in front of Destroyed House
1914
Three soldiers are standing in front of the destroyed house, and another soldier is bending over a pile of rubble in the doorway under the partially collapsed roof.
Ortelsburg in East Prussia
circa 1914-1918
Scene of destroyed and burned buildings.
