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Russian Prisoners Working

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Description: Russian prisoners working to restore the destroyed train station in Skiernewize.
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Reservists Washing Up

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Description: Reservists quartered in French Buchholz in Berlin. Morning wash-up.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Scene of destroyed and burned buildings. Sign on building reads: "Stadtkasse."
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German Civilians Searching for Belongings in Ruins

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Description: Civilians searching in building ruins for their possessions.
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Ortelsburg Ruins

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Description: Damaged church.
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Weekly Food Baskets for Needy Children in Berlin

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Description: Instead of free meals, needy children receive a basket weekly with enough food to last for a week.
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Belgian Refugees Brewing Coffee in the Morning

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees making coffee in the refugee camp every morning, with their children sitting on their laps.
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Refugee Suffering

Date: 1914
Description: Homeless refugees resting by their belongings.
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: A Belgian refugee sitting on door sill stitching a shirt.
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Belgian Refugee Children

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugee children smiling for the camera while waiting for their parents to return.
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Suffering of Belgian Refugee

Date: 1914
Description: Homeless Belgian refugees sitting on a brick sidewalk along the street as they are preparing for another hard day.
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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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