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Osmanie Prision

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Description: Military prison in Osmanie (Osmaniye).
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Two Prisoners

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two prisoners sitting outdoors at their prison camp. Captioned: "Boche prisoners at Saint Hilaire."
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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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Prisoners of War in a Truck Bed

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp are being loaded onto a truck to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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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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Group Portrait of PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: PoW's, of varying nationalities, in the Zossen PoW camp.
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Castle Thunder Confederate Prison

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of the Confederate prison Castle Thunder.
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Fragment of the Andersonville Prison Stockade

Date: 1870
Description: Fragment of the Andersonville Prison Stockade among overgrowth of trees.
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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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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Russian PoW's at a Religious Service

Date: 1914
Description: Russian prisoners in Zossen PoW camp attending a religious service.
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High-Ranking German Naval Prisoners

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: High-ranking German Naval Officers arriving at the prisoner of war cage at the 2nd Division Camp at Guipavas, France. Allied soldiers are standing guard an...
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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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Prisoner of War Cage

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Prisoner of war cage at the 2nd Division Camp at Guipavas, France. Groups of Nazi prisoners are being guarded by Allied soldiers.
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German Prisoners of War and American Officers near Barracks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Two German prisoners and two American officers discussing some papers while standing outdoors. In the background, German prisoners of war are lined up for ...
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German Prisoners of War near Barracks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoners of war line up for inspection outside their barracks before going to work at a local cannery.
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro...
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Andersonville Prison

Date: 08 17 1864
Description: View of tents at Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter in Georgia.
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Bolshevik Prisoners

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a group of Bolshevik prisoners being kept near a shoreline in a barbed wire enclosure. They are being guarded by a group of armed American...

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