This photograph captures a rare encounter between colonial prisoners of war and the German public. A group of prisoners of war are escorted by German soldiers through the streets of Zossen-Wünsdorf,…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, India, Mobility, Photograph, postcard, POW, The Other, western front
The picture shows a number of people helping to store the hay in a barn. On the right, an elderly man supervises. On the left, a man, presumably a French prisoner of war, holds a scythe and watches…
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Themes: Propaganda; Postcard; Captivity
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Labour, painting, Personal Encounters, postcard, POW, The Other
The three pictures show prisoners of war photographed by Otto Stiehl, who was assigned to the headquarters of both propaganda camps near Berlin.
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Themes: Religion; Propaganda; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Personal Encounters, Photograph, POW, pow-camp, The Other
The picture shows a wooden shelter surrounded by various men of colour, who wear different types of uniforms. Two of the men hold rifles, while others are sitting around a wooden object. The whole…
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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Imperial Strategy
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Colonialism, cultural propaganda, imperial strategy, Mobility, Photograph, postcard, The Other
The postcard is suggestive of the wide range of people fighting for the Allied armies. The mix of people - their uniforms, their skin tone, their facial expressions, and their postures - in front of a…
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Themes: Race; Postcard; Mobility; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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imperial strategy, orientalism, painting, postcard, POW, pow-camp, Propaganda, Racism, The Other
Wide black-and-white shot of men from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, some on foot, some on camels, with their Egyptian guides in the desert, in front of the Sphinx and one of the Pyramids.
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Themes: Photograph; Mobility
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The Other, Tourism, Travel
The photo shows a group of North African prisoners of war, two prisoners of unknown origin, and an officer, all in front of barracks. The prisoners are arranged in a way that shows them to be…
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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
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anti-colonialism, anti-French, Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, Jihad, Muslims, Personal Encounters, Photograph, postcard, Propaganda, The Other