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Antwerp Cathedral

Date: 1914
Description: Antwerp Cathedral with a German flag after the capture of the fortified city on Antwerp in October 1914.
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Ruined Church in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers posing amid the rubble of a destroyed church in the City of Sabac, Serbia.
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Ruined Church in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses pulling a wagon on a street in front of a ruined church. Rubble is piled in front of another building on the right.
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Austrian Military Artist

Date: 1915
Description: An Austrian military artist is making a sketch of a destroyed church in Sabac, Serbia.
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Medical Unit

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Description: German medical unit column passing through a village. Snow-covered mountains are in the background.
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Shrine of the Black Madonna

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Description: Entrance to the shrine and convent of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau (Częstochowa) in Poland.
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The Image of Black Madonna

Date: 1915
Description: Austruan soldiers viewing the image of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau.
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Shrine of the Black Madonna Convent

Date: 1915
Description: In front of the Convent of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau. Vendors selling souvenirs.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in front of the Dom (cathedral) in Berlin.
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Ortelsburg Ruins

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Description: Damaged church.
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Ortelsburg Seminary Building in East Prussia

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Description: A woman is walking in front of the seminary building in Ortelsburg.
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Austrian Field Kitchens

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Description: Austrian field kitchens and bakeries preparing to march out.
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Destruction of the Dinant Cathedral

Date: 08 1914
Description: The largest stained glass window in Europe located in the cathedral of Dinant in Belgium. Even though the church building suffered enormous damage from she...
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Group of Belgian Refugees

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Description: A group of Belgian refugees posing for a group portrait in the churchyard.
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German Flag in Antwerp

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Description: Antwerp Cathedral flying the German flag.
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His Excellency General Dankl in front of a Church

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Description: General Viktor Dankl von Krasnik was the commander of Austrian forces fighting against Italy in 1915-1916.
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Bells and Church Artifacts

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Description: Bells and other church-related artifacts removed from endangered towns as a protection against plunder by the Italian troops."
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Excellency Dankl

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Description: General Dankl leaving a church service with his staff.

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