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First Day of Mobilization in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Crowds in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin on the first day of mobilization, August 2, 1914, after Germany had made the decision to declare war.
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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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Belgian Refugees Return Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees returning home to Antwerp after having fled to neutral Holland in the wake of the German invasion inn 1914.
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Austrian Red Cross Nurses

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian Red Cross nurses, from Graz, strolling on a road in Syrmien 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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Emir Ali Pasha in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Emir Ali Pascha was the Vice-President of the Turkish legislature. He visited Berlin in late 1914 or early 1915 on a goodwill trip. Here, accompanied by a...
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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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"Selling in the Rubble"

Date: 1915
Description: After the occupation and subsequent looting of a Galician city by the Russian Army, a Jewish merchant is selling his remaining wares to an Austrian soldier...
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Metal Scrap Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Metal collecting site located in Friedenau (Berlin). The drop-off site.
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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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"Iron Hindenburg" Statue

Date: 1914
Description: The wife of Prince August Wilhelm, accompanied by the wife of General Fieldmarshall Hindenburg, are attending the opening of the "Iron Hindenburg" statue ...
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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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Swiss Passport Control

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Description: Passport control on the Swiss border.
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Wounded Soldiers and Their Nurses

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Description: Wounded soldiers, and their nurses, walking across the Kaiser Franz Joseph square in Berlin.
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Soldiers and Nurses Examining Artillery

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Description: Wounded soldiers, and nurses, standing outdoors examining a captured artillery piece.
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The Royal Palace

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Description: Wounded soldiers and captured artillery in front of the royal palace.
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Berlin Christmas Market

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Description: Wounded soldiers at the Christmas market in Berlin.

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