War and Internment Life

Documentary-style photographs illustrating the experiences of soldiers, internees, and civilians during wartime and post-war scenarios.

Life in an Internment Camp for German Nazis. A working party of Nazi internees returning with buckets of coke for the kitchens through the gates of Camp Roosevelt, Hemer, Germany. At Hemer, in the British-occupied zone of Germany, 3,300 Nazis (mostly Gestapo and S.S. men) are interned in Camp Roosevelt, formerly a German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag 6b. The internees have their time fully occupied, because,in addition to their instructional centre where they are taught everything from dramatic art to brick-laying, they have all the camp chores to perform, such as working on the allotments and fetching coke for the kitchens. May 1, 1946.

Military. November 13, 1944.

'Commando Raiders who pierced the Channel defences at Boulogne', 1942. Artist: Unknown.

World War I 1914-1918: French soldiers relaxing between engagements, some smoking pipes and cigarettes, some drinking, looking at debris formed into a barricade. Paris, 1 April 1915.

Life in an Internment Camp for German Nazis. A working party of Nazi internees returning with buckets of coke for the kitchens through the gates of Camp Roosevelt, Hemer, Germany. At Hemer, in the British-occupied zone of Germany, 3,300 Nazis (mostly Gestapo and S.S. men) are interned in Camp Roosevelt, formerly a German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag 6b. The internees have their time fully occupied, because,in addition to their instructional centre where they are taught everything from dramatic art to brick-laying, they have all the camp chores to perform, such as working on the allotments and fetching coke for the kitchens. May 1, 1946.

Greek Troops Guerillas (Elas & Eam Fighters) - Foreign Troops. January 22, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The Floods In Austria -- Russians and American Side-by-Side in Relief Work.Russian and American Servicemen helped by civilians working together in an endeavour to dam the rising flood waters of the river Danube at Tulin, one of the towns which has suffered severely, to the north-west of Vienna. July 16, 1954. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Boer prisoners awaiting transportation to one of the POW camps.

SOLDADOS REPUBLICANOS CACHEADOS EN LA FRONTERA FRANCESA. Location: FUNDACION PABLO IGLESIAS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers on board landing craft. November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Boer prisoners awaiting transportation to one of the POW Camps.

Sequence of the war council and subsequent execution (in Unpublished Images) of General Fanjul and Colonel Fernández de la Quintana in the summer of 1936.

American Soldiers Bring in Nazi Intelligence Patrol U.S. soldiers of the Second Armored Division bring in three Nazis, members of an intelligence patrol, after capturing them on the outskirts of a Belgian town. The two Nazis riding in the roar of the U.S. Army vehicle have their hands on their heads; the prisoner in front has apparently suffered a head injury. Between December 16, 1944, when the enemy launched their counter-offensive on the "estern Front, and January 3, 1945, it was officially estimated by the Allies that the enemy had suffered 60,000 casualties, including prisoners. At least five armored divisions, one armored Grenadier Division and five Volksgronadior divisions have been badly mauled by Allied forces, whose defense tactics changed quickly to an offensive operation. February 26, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Signal Corps Photo).

Bulgarian troops in front of Catalca during the armistice, Eastern Thrace, First Balkan War, photograph by Dimitar Karastoyanow, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 1, January 5, 1913.

10/28/1922. Rome. "The March on Rome." Mussolini, who at the head of 40,000 black shirts, arrived on this day in the Italian capital, where power was handed over.

Anefo photo collection. First World War, German soldiers in trenches on eastern front. January 17, 1973

'Stern Reality', 1892. Artist: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe.

Dutch soldiers travel for exercises from Oirschot to La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Captured Soviet Troops Poor Equipment - Finnish soldiers trying on some of the poor equipment which was worn by Russian soldiers captured. January 18, 1940. (Photo by Keystone).

Polish Jewish resistance women, captured after the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943. Among them was Malka Zdrojewicz (right), who survived Majdanek extermination camp.

Citizens Of Praga Welcome Their Liberators -- A woman of Praga welcomes an Allied soldier with a gift of flowers, after Russian troops and members of the First Polish Army had liberated the important industrial suburb of Warsaw on Sept. 14, 1944, The impromptu ceremony was held during a determined Red Army drive to free the Polish capital, the first capital city to fall to the German invaders when Hitler began his mad campaign of conquest five years earlier. October 23, 1944.

Britain Landing Craft Take on A Load of Italian PrisonersItalian prisoners blasted out of their machine-gun nests overlooking the Sicilian braches, go on-board a landing craft en route for a prison camp. August 06, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photo).

07/31/1918. On the combat front. The distribution of the ranch in a French army field kitchen.

April 25, 1945, Soviet and American troops meet at the River Elbe, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe.

The drama is over. Armed American airmen and British police carry the gunman's body to a waiting ambulance. August 24, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

The End of the Argentinian ***** With arms raised ***** faces to the wall, this group ***** ineligible for further fighting in a rearguard movement by Federal troops which surprised them. A number of persons were killed in the Santa Fe rioting, but the Royal troops quickly put the revolters under subjection, and the uprising had subsided after a few hours of sniping and guerilla fighting in the streets. February 27, 1934. (Photo by Keystone).

05/25/1979. Attack by the terrorist group Grapo in the California 47 cafeteria.

Americans Feed German CiviliansA throng of German civilians, most of them women left behind near Mannheim, Germany, when their troops retreated, is fed under the supervision of American soldiers of the First Army, March 1. March 8, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Important Chinese City Back in Allied hands - Changteh, a city in Northern Hunan, China, was recaptured by Chinese Forces in Dec. 9, 1943 after five days of Japanese occupation. The battle began from Nov. 18, 1943 while the Japanese invaders penetrated Northern Hunan Province because they failed to make any headway in West Hapeh. Changteh is a city of great strategic and economic importance. It is one of the important centers of the "Rice Bowl" region as well as the gateway of Changsha. Refugees return to stricken city after Japanese evacuation. February 28, 1944.

Arrival of the "Groote Beer" troop ship with soldiers in Amsterdam after a long sea trip from Dutch-India.

Labour unrest in Barcelona 1909; a barricade is set up

The British Army in Burma 1945 Major General F W Festing, Commander of the 36th Infantry Division (seated in centre of front row), with other senior officers at a briefing, January 1945.

Nationalist forces during the Madrid offensive, during the Spanish Civil War. 1936

Warsaw Uprising: First German POWs from Main Post Office building through a barricade on 7 Jasna Street (in the photo) to the PKO building on ?wi?tokrzyska Street ca. 1944.

Italian prisoners of war detraining at Wadi al-Sarar Railway Station, Mandatory Palestine, G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, December 21, 1940

11/30/1936. The captain of the Anti-tank battalion giving instructions to his militiamen, moments before undertaking a risky raid through the Nationals' field.

The youth organisation of the SPD, Young Socialists, honoured the Nazi victims in Dachau concentration camp, Germany, in 1982, Europe

Photograph of the strikes outside the Surrey Docks, part of an industrial dispute involving dock workers. Dated 19th Century

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949. Soldiers of a unity drop out of the Israeli army including one in Tscherkessische clothing, see when dancing. January 1, 1948. Israel

King George V Inspects a British Submarine - The sea is rough and the King is feeling cautiously for the top step of the companion ladder - World War I

Artwork: "Japan Bombing Attack South Pacific" Artist: Unknown. Country: Unknown

Towns in French possessions in Northern Africa are strongly garrisoned by troops ready to resist any Italian in Vader. This column of the French foreign Legion is on the march over the desert from the Djebel Druze Garrison. February 27, 1943.

12/31/1936. Burial of General Lukore.

01/10/1938. Lunch time in one of the fronts of the Center. Soldiers preparing food under the gaze of their bosses.

THE GREAT STRIKE OF DOCK LABOURERS AT THE EAST END, LONDON, UK, 1889: MR. JOHN BURNS ADDRESSING THE MEN ON STRIKE AT THE GATES OF THE EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS.

War Industry in Britain during the First World War The Minister of Munitions Winston Churchill is escorted through the yard at Georgetown's filling works near Glasgow by women workers during a visit on 9 October 1918.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Anefo photo collection. Marvobegrafenis Lieutenant at sea G. van Rossen. February 25, 1956

07/31/1936. Barricades in St. Mark's Square.

12/31/1937. Vicente Rojo (the Second, Starting from the Right) and Indalecio Prieto (the First, from the Left), during the battle of Teruel.

GUERRA ANGLO - BOER. CONFLICTO ENTRE LOS INGLESES Y LOS BOER.1899 - 1902. SOLDADOS INGLESES LUCHAN EN EL INTERIOR DE UN TREN BLINDADO. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.1899.

Prisoners having Meager Meal among the Dead in Slave Labor Camp, Nordhausen, Germany, after Liberation by First U.S. Army, photograph by Roberts, U.S. Army Signal Corps, April 1945

Photograph showing a Nationalist infantry unit, led by their officer (on left, with pistol), running across open ground towards a ruined house during the Spanish Civil War, 1936. This photograph was probably taken on the frontline south of Madrid. Date: 1936

Chinese Soldiers Surrender Arms To Japanese Interned Behind Barbed Wire -- Chinese Soldiers, after surrendering their Arms being interned behind barbed Wire Barricades.During The Last week in November, when Japanese forces were Engaged in "Mopping Up" Operations Against scattered Chinese units, Thousands of Chinese refugees ***** over the frontier into Hong Kong, with Scanty Possessions, and some with their lives tock. December 18, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Italian civilians receiving food from Austrian soldiers Probably Dogna valley. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Liberation of Paris, 25 August 1944. A jeep of the French 12th Regiment of Cuirassiers (2nd Armoured Division) taking two German officers to surrender negotiations. Hitler had ordered that Paris be destroyed before it fell into Allied hands, but the military governor of the city, General Dietrich von Choltitz, declined to carry out the order and surrendered to the French on 25 August. The photographer is unknown.

Princess Beatrix brings an introductory visit to various parts of the Royal Navy. On the exercise site of the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) of the Marines in Doorn corps, various parts of the corps have been fitted.

World War I 1914-1918: Italian prisoners of war in Laibach (Ljubliana) Castle, Slovenia, 1915. Military, Army, Captive, Defeat

Sudeten-Germans Take Over Their Territory. Excited Crowds Greet Them -- Jubilant girls in national costume run beside the girls as they pass through a village on their way to Eger. Girls ran in front of the guards and threw flowers in their path.pictures, just received in London from a staff photographer, were made as the Sudeten-Germans took over the territory on the Sudeten frontiers of Czechoslovakia, already virtually ceded to Germany. Excited crowds watched and cheered jubilantly as the guards marched into the various towns and took over duty from the Czechs. September 22, 1938.

Industry during the First World War Female factory workers crowded around tables at lunchtime during the First World War.

07/31/1937. Soldier Collecting the Fired Cartridges, Fulfilling, Thus, an Order of the Republican Government.

New York, New York: July 4, 1919 Wounded and recovering WWI soldiers on their way to working in the fields and gardens. These soldiers are in Ward 65 at Columbia Base Hospital #1 in the Bronx and have found that doing light outdoor work speeds their recovery. The toddler walking along came to the base with her mother to see her wounded daddy.

Italian officer prisoners who arrived in Sydney to-day ware allowed to take with them many of their personal effects. There was a high pile of baggage on the wharf. August 16, 1941.

Collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Army after the Armistice of 11 November 1918, troops occupying a train in Bozen (Bolzano), Italy

Royal Air Force- the Air Training Corps, 1941-1945. Cadets of No 228 (Bromley) Squadron ATC receive instruction in firing the .303 Lee-Enfield rifle on the firing range at RAF Biggin Hill, Kent.

11/30/1914. The Germans in France. Post Box At the door of a post office improvised for the service of German Soldiers.

The NPD's right-wing radical action Resistance was a nationwide response to Willy Brandt's 1970 policy of understanding with the East, which generated a sometimes furious reaction from left-wing parties and groups at the Au appearances of old and neo-Nazis, DEU, Germany, Bonn, Hamburg, Essen, Europe

A leader of one of the box car units, as he hands cut the rations for the car to the members of the families who travel to Bavaria in it. It is unusual to see these people who have been thrown together in adversity, managing their affairs as well as they do with a minimum of discord and snatching. They had not eaten for many hours when these pictures were taken, but they waited very patiently till they were given a bit of bread to take care of their hunger. These photographs were taken at the railroad station at Weimar, Germany. This point is about as far ***** in Germany, as there are railroads in *****. July 2, 1945. (Photo by Acme)

07/31/1937. Soldiers Refill their Canteens at a fountain in Guriezo (Santander). Original photo caption: "Endless Days. You have to get to Santander in Time - let it take a while to get there -. The enemy flees or surrenders without being able to blow up the Bridges. It's August. The Oozing Canteens that Alternate with are Renewed the hand grenade in the Volunteer's cingulum.

Drawing from their own Post Exchange rations, men of Base Air Depot No. 2, U.S. Air Service command, collected 4,000 packs of cigarettes and 6,000 bars of candy, to be donated to repartriated Russian Red Army prisoners awaiting return to their

Battle School. Over the top of the Tank Trap. They stop for a moment to heave and haul each other over the top. The instructor yells them on. August 22, 1942. (Photo by Paul Popper).

1920S 1930S Prohibition Captured Rum Runners On Deck Of British Ship Alcohol Forbidden 18Th Amendment

Terrified Terrorists ,, Suspected members of Kenya Colony's Mau Mau terrorist society cringe on the ground before the upraised clubs of police and pointed rifles of the Fifth King's African Rifles, They were run to earth during one of the largest raids against the Mau Mau which took place Dec.1, in the Mahiga Location.The area is adjacent to the district where the African tribal chief Nderi was murdered by terrorists. December 07, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Meeting of American and Russian soldiers near Torgau, Germany, World War II, 25 April 1945. Artist: Unknown

Preparation for May 1st. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

12/31/1936. Time to place the battle flag on the new Destroyer.

07/31/1923. Berlin. Police Practices. Photo Frankl -.

01/09/1937. Lieutenant Colonel Rementería Visiting the Olive Groves Where the Reds Abandoned Abundant Material.

Anefo photo collection. Concentration camps in Germany. Concentration camps. 1945. Germany

SOLDADOS ARRANCANDO LA PLACA DE LA CALLE 14 DE ABRIL, FECHA DE PROCLAMACION DE LA SEGUNDA REPUBLICA. Location: FUNDACION PABLO IGLESIAS. MADRID. SPAIN.

07/19/1936. Moment of the arrest of one of the Rebels after the taking of the mountain barracks.

Anefo photo collection. Mayor of Hall Heit new pole for Dutch bank. November 6, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Customs Officers about leave with the first lorry wood of seized liquor at North Sydney today. December 13, 1943. (Photo by Barry Newberry/Fairfax Media).;Customs Officers about leave with the first lorry wood of seized liquor at North Sydney today.

Syria. Tel Bisseh. Barber. 1950

The burning caravan. Ancient Romany custom was carried out today at St. Paul's Cray when a gipsy caravan belonging to Papa Purches was burned to the ground after his funeral. His eldest son, A1 Purches fired the van whilst members of the family looked on. papa was father of 17 children and one, Danny Purches, sings with Stanley Black's orchestra. When the fire was lit the family said in Romany "Bushil-a Krim" (God bless You). The custom is world-wide a gipsy caravan flares during a funeral in England. March 17, 1954. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

On A British Beach: Two Vacationists relax on an unidentified beach in England, British sources sat in describing this picture, as a Tommy, eyes straight ahead, stands guard at a barrier built as a defense against possible invasion from the French Coast. September 21, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

King Albert of Belgium in the trenches, First World War, 1914. Artist: PF Richie

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Group of Women workers employed at a Brick Works in South Wales,

At last! How many emotions on these faces -- Only one when mail is being handed out. Scene at an Australian field post office, in the Middle East. January 29, 1942. (Photo by A.I.F. Photograph).

Soviet troops in the Rumanian town of Botosani. Motorcyclists have also been held up by the two musicians who want to give some pleasure to the soldiers. July 3, 1944. (Photo by O. Knorring, SIB Photo Service).

Le Perthus (France), 1939. A crowd of Spanish refugees crossing the border into France.

A group of Kurdish elders tours the city to ascertain whether or not it is safe for their people to return to Zakhu and the refugee camp on its outskirts. The camp was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who left their homes to flee from Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

First Pictures Of Polish Army Refugees In Rumania -- A wounded polish air force officer walking with the aid of crutches, seen on arrival at the Rumanian frontier town of Cernauti. September 29, 1939. (Photo by Keystone)

Women In Ular Russia - War File. July 22, 1935.

In Touch -- With intent, serious faces, they listen to the radio war report, the dramatic Moscow midnight communique. It seldom records their contributions to the battle, is sometimes their only contact with Russia proper. November 13, 1943.

Barbed Wire Is In Style On British Beaches: Barred wire, erected against the threat of invasion on a beach somewhere in England, forms a frame for this seaside scene as British swimming enthusiasts take advantage of the warm summer weather to indulge in their favorite sport. July 25, 1941. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Blockade nuclear power plant in Dodewaard, large barbed wire crash with the left and on the right the demonstrators. October 19, 1980. Dodewaard

British Troops in The Canal Zone.British forces stationed in the Suez Canal Zone of Egypt to guard the vital international waterway have been reinforced following Egypt's abrogation of the 1936 Treaty and demonstrations against continued British occupation of the military zone.Lt. General Sir George Erskine, the General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt declared in a broadcast to members of his command: "We are not going to be kicked out, forced out, or knocked out". November 1, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

The mobilization of the Petrograd workers for the clash with Kornilov. 1917

Anefo photo collection. Structure in the Betuwe (1945). Men and boys fit shoes. 1945. Betuwe

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