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The First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: View of the crowd at the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914.
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"The Goodbye Kiss"

Date: 1914
Description: A German soldier is kissing a woman before boarding a train.
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Wounded Soldiers in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: The first returned wounded soldiers in Berlin drinking coffee at tables outside of the hospital.
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Serbian School Building Transformed into Telephone Station

Date: 1914
Description: A Serbian schoolhouse is being transformed into a telephone station during the war.
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Men Carrying Supplies for Repairing Bad Roads in Enemy Territory

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers and civilians carrying supplies for repairing bad roads in enemy territory during World War I.
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Training Horses on a Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian Soldiers are training horses on a Serbian farm during World War I.
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French PoW's Receiving Meals

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Description: French prisoners in the German PoW camp in Zossen, Prussia, with steaming bowls of soup.
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Breakfast at the Zossen PoW Camp

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Description: Prisoners in the Zossen camp are lining up before the kitchen as they wait for their meals.
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French PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: Group of French PoW's of varying nationalities and ethnicities standing in front of their barracks at the camp in Zossen.
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Four French PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: Four prisoners, of varying nationalities, standing outdoors at the Zossen PoW camp.
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French PoW's at Zossen

Date: 1914
Description: A group of French PoW's at the camp in Zossen under the direction of their own non-commissioned officers.
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Group Portrait of PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: PoW's, of varying nationalities, in the Zossen PoW camp.
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Russian PoW's at a Religious Service

Date: 1914
Description: Russian prisoners in Zossen PoW camp attending a religious service.
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Austrian Soldiers Buying Woolen Clothing

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers, including an Uhlan, are buying woolen clothing for the winter.
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Ration Stamps for Wounded Soldiers

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Description: German soldiers receiving a distribution of ration stamps at the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Her ...
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Building Model Trenches

Date: 
Description: Convalescing German soldiers, in Berlin, building model trenches both for training and exhibition.
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Turkish Officers on the Streets of Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Two Turkish soldiers are walking the streets of Berlin. The men are convalescing in Berlin sometime after the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of...
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Wounded Turkish Officers on the Streets of Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Turkish officers convalescing in Berlin sometime after the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of Germany in October 1914. The group of men are stan...
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"Iron Hindenburg" Statue

Date: 1914
Description: Arrival of the wife of Prince August Wilhelm at the opening of the "Iron Hindenburg" statue in Berlin.
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Passport Control

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Description: Passport control on the Swiss border.

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