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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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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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"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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Cigars and Newspapers to be Sent to Soldiers

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Description: Collection point in Berlin for cigars and newspapers for distribution to soldiers.
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German Soldiers on the Streets of Lodz

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Description: German manners and practices in Lodz. The Landsturm (reservist) band plays a concert daily at noon in front of the offices of the Governor.
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Austrian Reservists

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Description: Austrian reservists waiting at the Silesian train station.
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Horse Soldier Reading News

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. A German soldier on horseback reading the newspaper with "Good News."
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings. A man is walking across the street.
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Hungarian Civilians

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Description: Hungarian hussar, and his wife, heading for the train station.
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Farmer's Market in Czernowitz

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Description: Woman at the farmer's market in Czernowitz selling a goose.
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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Belgian Refugees in Bergen op Zoom, Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Distribution of assignments for sleeping quarters to Belgian refugees in Bergen op Zoom, Holland. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of...
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugee children posing together for the camera on the sidewalk.
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Antwerp Police Station

Date: 1914
Description: Antwerp police in front of a guard house.
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Supply Transport through Constantinople

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Description: Supply of food and weapons is transported through Constantinople during the early days of the war.

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