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Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1863
Description: The men in this tintype image were among 500 soldiers taken prisoner at Brentwood on March 25, 1863 and sent to Richmond. They were exchanged for Confedera...
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Steinecker Inspecting Peas at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Capt. Huldreich M. Stienecker, Michigan, inspecting a load of peas at a cannery where German prisoners of war are working. Steinecker is in charge of the p...
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Japanese Prisoners at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Three Japanese prisoners from the battle of Iwo Jima stand amongst American soldiers on a boat.
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Confederate Prisoners

Date: 07 1863
Description: Stereograph of three Confederate soldiers captured during the Battle of Gettysburg. This photograph was taken by Mathew Brady a few days after the battle. ...
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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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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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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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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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Serbian Prisoners

Date: 1914
Description: A group of Serbian prisoners standing on a street.
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Serbian Prisoners of War in Sabac

Date: 1914
Description: A group of Serbian prisoners standing on a street.
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German Prisoners of Red Arrow Division

Date: 10 09 1918
Description: Group of German prisoners captured by the 125th Regiment Infantry (formerly 33rd and 31st Regiment Michigan Infantry) and 126th Regiment Infantry (formerly...
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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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Germans Released From French POW Camps

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Description: German Red Cross officers and men who had been released from French PoW camps in conformance with Geneva Convention rules.
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Released German PoWs

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Description: German Red Cross officers and men who had been released from French PoW camps in conformance with Geneva Convention rules.
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PoWs on the German Swiss Border

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Description: Two German medical officers who had been released from French PoW camps in conformance with Geneva Convention rules.

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