AWM Collection Record: P01981.001

AWM image P01981.001

ID Number: P01981.001
Maker: Atelier Fritz Albrecht
Place made: Germany: Baden-Wurttemberg, Karlsruhe
Date made: c 1917
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Exterior of the officers' barracks at the prisoner of war (POW) camp at Karlsruhe, Germany. Each barrack housed thirty-two officers with eight officers to a room. The barracks were equipped with electric lights and the officers were attended by French orderlies who acted as batmen. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 1.
Credit line: Donor M E Chomley
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Copyright holder: Copyright Expired
Related subject: Barracks; Prisoners of war camps
Related unit: Red Cross
Related place: Germany; United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Related conflict: First World War, 1914-1918

Last-Modified: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:03:12 GMT

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