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The Germans make an attack to retake the famous summit of the Hartmannswillerkopf (...) losing 1,600 prisoners of war who are seen here parading through a village in French Lorraine
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The Germans make an attack to retake the famous summit of the Hartmannswillerkopf (...) losing 1,600 prisoners of war who are seen here parading through a village in French Lorraine

Sémaphore · 1914 - 1915 · collotype; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Parade of German prisoners of war in Lorraine. Part of the first series of twelve (eleven present) postcards on the First World War, 1914-1915.

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Credit lineDe Duitschers doen aanval om de beroemde top van de Hartmannswillerkopf te heroveren (...) waarbij zij 1600 krijgsgevangenen verloren die men hier door een gehucht in Fransch Lotharingen ziet defileer. 1914 - 1915. Sémaphore. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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