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Collecting Woolen Items for the Front

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Description: Results of the "Reich's Wool Week." Every day loads of wool garments arrived at the collection point in the old Kroll Opera House and were sorted by volunt...
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers in front of the Reichstag building.
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Feeding The Needy

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Description: Feeding the needy in Friedenau-Wilmersdorf at the Kaiserplatz.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Landrat (local official) distributing gutscheine (food coupons) to the poor.
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War Volunteer Unit in Training

Date: 1914
Description: Officers training a Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in Schmargendorf near Berlin.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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First Aid Dogs

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Description: German first aid dogs and their trainers on parade.
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Officers of the Polish Legion

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Officers of the Polish Legion

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion Trumpeter

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion in the Carpathians Preparing to Eat

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion in the Carpathians — Bivouac

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion in the Carpathian Mountains Preparing a Meal

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Firing Line

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Polish Legion Soldiers Cleaning Mess Dishes After Eating

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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Turkish Volunteer Saying Good-Bye

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Description: A Turkish volunteer shaking hands and saying good-bye, ready to ship to the front.
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Albanian Volunteers

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Description: Albanian volunteers, in front of a barracks, offering to serve as guides.

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