Historical Military Detention Camps

Images of individuals in detention camps, depicting refugees and prisoners of war from different historical contexts, showcasing their somber expressions and confinement.

Spanish Republican Refugees (soldiers and Civilians) stare from behind barbed wire, in a detention camp in France after the Nationalists seize control of Spain in 1939 following the end of the Spanish Civil War

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC arrival Volendam. Covered persons look at the quay. June 16, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

Spanish Republican Refugees (soldiers and Civilians) stare from behind barbed wire, in a detention camp in France after the Nationalists seize control of Spain in 1939 following the end of the Spanish Civil War

02/01/1938. Visit of Madrid Journalists. The civil governor and the Journalists leaving to visit one of the Shelters Built for the defense of Madrid, in Guadalajara.

Prisoner of war camp in Stolgen Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

Russians Driven To Slave Labour Camps In Germany -- A sight to be seen in any village in the Nazi occupied territory. which by chance has escaped the maneral destruction and slaughter - all able- bodied men and women are being marched away to work as slaves in German labour camps. For propaganda purposes the Nazis have ordered the village band to head this sad procession. August 10, 1942. (Photo by Keystone).

'Les combats de Douaumont; Prisonniers allemands amenes au poste de commandement de la 10e brigade, moins de 50 minutes apres le declanchement de l'attaque', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

World War 1 - distribution of letters and packages to German soldiers captured as prisoners of war. France 1916

Workers walk or are transported to work during the The UK General Strike lasted nine days (May 3 to 12, 1926). The strike resulted in defeat for the unions. A long confrontation in the coal industry, with strikes and lockouts, had made no progress. To support the 800,000 striking miners the unions called out 1,750,000 workers. The government was well prepared and used middle class volunteers to provide basic services.

Search for missing girl Valerie Eastwell. September 10, 1945.

11/30/1917. The Events of Portugal. Revolutionary Soldiers on the March (Before Netrar in Fago).

The Long March (October 1934 - October 1935) was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army.

Warsaw Ghetto. Footbridge over Chłodna Street. 1942

First American POW's - World War I - 1917

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Picture taken at Nowolipie street looking East, near intersection with Smocza street. In the back one can see ghetto wall with a gate.

Chinese Civil War 1946-1949. Troops of the 38E Division of Nationalists Chinese Army in Manchuria guard Communist prisoners. Jan. 9, 1947. - (BSLOC_2014_15_167)

11/30/1916. The situation in Greece. Landing in Athens of Greek Soldiers of the Venizelist army.

Wartime's Human Freight -- Closely-packed in open freight cars, prisoners of war who German sources say were captured in the drive on Moscow move through snow-covered territory to a prison camp. Russia has since hurled back the drive. Picture was shipped from Berlin before Germany declared war on the United States. January 6, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Soldiers of the Durruti Column, with about 6000 people, was the largest anarchist column (or military unit) formed during the Spanish Civil War.

Anefo photo collection. Departure second division to Indonesia. April 10, 1947. Indonesia

The Imperial German Army 1890 - 1913 Infantry wait in a roadside ditch with their weapons piled during the manoeuvres of 1904.

Germany War File - German Atrocities. July 19, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

German Civilians Remove The Bodies Of Slave Workers From The Labor Camp Near Nordhausen, Germany As U.S. Soliders Supervise The Grisly Work. Hundreds Of Workers Were Systematically Starved To Death By Their German Masters. Photograph By A 9Th A.F. Camer

05/31/1918. On the French front. Arrival of Ammunition to a warehouse of large caliber artillery projectiles.

Russian prisoners of war standing outdoors during World War I ca. 1914-1915.

''Derriere L'ennemi refoule; Nos territoriaux distribuent du pain a des prisonniers legerement blesses, don’t la mine trahit la satisfaction', 1915 (1924). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Four Killed in Rioting Near Detroit -- Police were forced to retreat before they brought under control an unemployed demonstration near a ford plant on the outskirts of Detroit, Mich., March 7. Rioting assumed serious proportions. Four were killed and more than a score injured. Police used fire house, night sticks, bullets and teat gas to bring the unemployed crowd - numbering about 3,000 - to order. March 08, 1932. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Ukraine, 1918Makhno's enforcement and punishment unit during the Russian Revolution.

12/31/1936. The Militias Following the Railway Line to Head to the Outpost.

They Lake "Home" For Themselves In The War Zone -- In this one of the latest pictures to be received from the *****-Japanese, war front can be seen strong Defence of Sandbags erected by the Japanese marines as Protection Against Chinese ***** In Shanghai. Homely touch is given to the scene by the inclusion of a cooking stove seen on right. September 13, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

''Le Coin des Officiers; Groupe d'officiers allemands prisonniers dans un des enclos prepares a l'arriere de front d'attaque: a gauche, un officier superieur', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC INDLALAJA; Evacuation T.N.I .. South Sumatra. The TNI Evacuation Center for South Sumatra was located at Karangenda airport. Hence they were transported with trucks to Martapoera and put the status quo line there. The departure of one of the transports. 8 February 1948. Indonesia, Intralaya, Karangendan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

China: A female officer addresses a squadron of Chinese partisans at the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border before heading off on a mission against the Japanese invaders, Xinzhou District, Jiangxi Province, October 1939

Photograph showing Captain Bayo of the Republican armed forces giving instructions to his troops as they step ashore onto the Balearic island of Majorca, 1936. The Republican assault on the Nationalist held island, during the Spanish Civil War, was repulsed with heavy loss of life. Date: 1936

01/31/1921. Ceuta. Storm Damage. General view of the Obrera neighborhood after the catastrophe that caused the death of nine people. Photo: Angel Rubio -.

Woerner Eugen (herr) Collection British prisoners: Sailly. (Battle of the Somme, August 1916).

''Dans les Vosges; Sous les dehors plus innocent, les espions pullulent devant nos troupes et autour d'elles', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Mahatma Gandhi in midst of crowds during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

07/31/1915. The English in the Dardanelles. A column of wounded soldiers marching towards the blood hospital.

Wounded German prisoners being treated at first aid stations, British offensive in France, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 42, October 21, 1917.

The barricades of revolt before the repression of the general fiorenzo bava beccaris, milan, 1898

Jewish civilians captured during the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, 1943.

German soldiers in a trench, World War I, 1915. Artist: Unknown

Warsaw Uprising - German Transit Camp in Pruszków (Dulag 121). Transport with expelled Polish civilians leaves the camp ca. 1944.

'La peine du poteau; un Belge et un Francais, a Sydow', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Fireman Armed with hoses standing behind barbed wire Barricades ready to repel any rush by the refugees on the Gates at a frontier post at Gibraltar. July 24, 1936. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd).

"The Gen": Emilio Del'Oro (centre), Swiss head of the RAF Winter Sports Association at St. Moritz, discusses the day's program. July 24, 19749.

01/31/1916. After a Battle. German Prisoner Soldiers Assisting French Paramedics in Placing Injured Persons in Ambulance Cars.

Russian Revolution: Communist march passes the house in Tobolsk, Siberia where the Russian imperial family was imprisoned. The Governor's Mansion, known as Kuklin House was built by merchant Ivan Kuklin in the 1790s. On 12 August 1917, the former Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wife; five children; and forty-five retainers were imprisoned in the mansion. They remained there until April 1918

The United States Army in England, 1918 Troops of the 342nd Infantry Regiment going aboard USS CHARLES, formerly USS HARVARD, at Southampton en route for France.

Black and white photograph pertaining to the car accident that killed Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians (1905-1935; Queen Consort from 1926) on 29 August 1935 in Switzerland.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Officers and men. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

04/01/1916. The Allies in the East. Passport Office Established in the inn of a town close to Thessaloniki.

During the evacuation of Finnish refugees, autumn 1944.

07/31/1914. A moment of the Fight. Group of Belgian Soldiers Shooting Another Uhlan Soldier Who Was Shooting with a Machine Gun.

Photograph of two French resistance fighters being executed, during the German occupation of France in World War Two. Dated 20th Century

08/14/1937. Transmission Soldiers Heading To The Position Recently Conquered By The Republicans, To Install Telephone Services.

Anefo photo collection. Reponative 28-1-1946 Razzias. undated

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visiting 4th division of the Royal Netherlands Army. Queen on Schaffot follows exercise. September 27, 1961

10/31/1915. The Turks in War. Military train of material and supplies moving towards the combat line. Photo: Hofer.

Eugen, Archduke of Austria visit to Villach. At the train station.

Quinto (Zaragoza), 03/23/1938. Spanish Civil War. Yagüe and Barrón's troops crossing the Ebro River.

Fist Authentic Picture of German Troops Entering Sudeten Area No. 1.Five Columns of German Troops Poured Over The Czech Frontier on A 20 Miles Front And Met With No Resistance.German Troops entering the first Sudeten Area at Waldhasual. Note the Frontier ***** thrown aside on ground. October 2, 1938. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Marseille Docker - nicholas Derybolsky (Magazine Unit Negs). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Podhajce Recently arrived Russian captives; Galicia; photographer: Korps Hofmann.

10/31/1909. The Moors of the harca in Melilla. Entry into the square of the Boat Commissioners who went to visit the marine general to learn about the conditions he imposed for the submission of the Rebel Rifians.

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Wintering Russians in Manchuria. Uniforms currently worn by Russians, most of which have been made by the Chinese. Photography. "La Ilustracion Artistica".

Print shows a group of Montenegrin soldiers, prisoners of war, at Samoya, near Pozsanyi (Bratislava) in Hungary, 1915

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bromo. A Dutch patrol or peloton runs over a rising road along destroyed buildings. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The German-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Polish soldiers, escapees from Nazi-Soviet occupied Poland, sharing some soup from the Hungarian Army rations at Budapest train station.

Italian Prisoners Repatriated from Britain -- Italians Repatriated Prisoners waling along the Quay side, headed by an officer ready to board the hospital ship "Newfoundland".Four hundred and nine Italian Prisoners sailed in the hospital ship "Newfoundland" from a British Port. They will be taken to a Neutral port where British Prisoners of war will be embarked, many of these Italians have been ***** and others have had to walk with sticks. April 13, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

08/31/1936. The time of the ranch in one of the Fronts of the Center.

How The Mighty Are Fallen -- Some of the 278 Generals and Admirals at exercise in their cage of barbed wire at the Hersfeld PW Camp. The most interest Prisoner of War Camp under Allied control is that at Hersfeld, Germany, in the American zone, where 278 generals and admirals, the cream of the German Army, Navy and Air Force are now enforced guests. These distinguished members of Hitler's war machine, some with many years of high service in the German Armed forces are now, as any ordinary prisoners of war, completed to carry out all personal domestic duties for themselves, since they are not permitted the services of batmen or body-servants. They find that their early training at the highly-disciplined training schools is standing them in good stead. November 09, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

05/23/1910. Terrorist José Carrengia. House No. 25 on Jacometrezo Street where Carrengia lived.

Refugees At Gibraltar Frontier -- Closeup of the barrier at the Spain-Gibraltar frontier, with crowds of refugees awaiting permission to cross the boundary line and escape the civil war. July 30, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

25,000 Spaniards Yell For Food in French Concentration Camp - Spanish soldiers behind the barbed wire surround of the camp give the Communist salute at the camp at Argeles-Sur-Mer. Mobile guards are seen guarding them.25,000 Spaniards are herded behind three lines of barbed wire fencing on the beach at Argeles-Surmer, and they have no food. The hungry men are shouting for food and are drawing comparisons between this concentration camp andSpanish war areas. The men are Guarded by armed mobile guards who threatened to use force to keep the men quiet. February 08, 1939. (Photo by Keystone).

Germany's Human Spoils Of War -- Some of the polish prisoners of war, captured by the German in the recent fighting on the eastern front. September 22, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The population of Gorizia (Görz) is evacuated by truck.

British soldiers taken prisoners by the Germans in an Aegean port, World War II, photograph by Atlantic from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXXI, No 6, February 6, 1944.

08/31/1912. Saragossa. The Railroad Strike, the Engineers Taking Charge of the Mail Train.

The Japanese Destroyed Their Homes - Now they have to feed them. Little Homes, farms and stores in Northern China have been destroyed by the Japanese and now the invaders are faced with the gigantic task of feeding the 3,000,000 victims who find themselves homeless and without food. Here is a typical scene in a Northern Chinese village showing Chinese men, women and children with their baskets lining up for their supplies of Garlic, rice and flour provided by the Japanese. February 01, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

Three wounded war returnees, 1946, central station, Leipzig, Saxony, GDR, Germany, Europe

Starting Pearl Harbor Raid, Say Japs -- Japanese Sound-Track Commentary Accompanying this Japanese Newsreel picture says it shows Jap fliers going to their planes aboard a carrier to start the raid on Pearl Harbor. Scene in From Japanese film Obtained by the U.S. War Department and Released to U.S. Newsreels through the OWI. May 04, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Painting titled 'Execution of Torrijos and his Companions' by Antonio Gisbert (1834-1901) a Spanish artist. Dated 19th Century

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) showing the arrival of Allied troops in Italian territory on 3 September 1943. Here they disembark in Calabria.

09/30/1915. The Allies in Salonica. French infantry marching towards their camp.

Easter mass in the dunes on the beaches of Belgium by the North Sea, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 22 April 1915. The photographer is unknown.

Marines On March In Tsingtao -- Seen after their arrival at Tsingtao, China, United States marine reinforcements march on the outskirts of that city to keep in trim for guarding American property and lives. The reinforcements were sent to Tsingtao from Pacific bases late in November. December 6, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Wirephoto).

Excursion by the National Recreational Club (Opera nazionale dopolavoro, OND), April 5, 1936, province of Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Italo-turkish war. tripolitania. funeral. 1912.

Photograph showing a West Berlin policeman (on left) talking to a Soviet Sector policeman over an East-West frontier barrier, in Berlin, 1949. This was one of a number of new barriers set up by the Soviet forces in an attempt to strengthen their blockade of West Berlin. Between April 1948 and May 1949 Stalin, leader of the USSR, imposed a land blockade on supplies from Western Europe to West Berlin. In response the British and American governments organised an enormous airlift to supply foo

Paul von Hindenburg inspecting school groups, historical photograph, c. 1932, Neudeck Estate, Germany, now Poland, Europe

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Anti-Republican demonstration in Medan (reproductions). Medan: On 4 September, a two kilometer long procession went through Medan. More than twelve thousand Chinese victims of Republican violence demonstrated for the Dutch and Chinese authorities. They demanded maintaining the Dutch troops in the liberated area and a strong diplomatic policy of the Chinese government in the Security Council. September 4, 1947. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Types of Bolshevicks of Eastern Crimea captured in recent fighting by volunteer forces of General Denekins. May 30, 1919.;Types of Bolshevicks of Eastern Crimea captured in recent fighting by volunteer forces of General Denekins.

03/31/1922. Seville. Manifestation of Duel. Burial of the Cavalry officer Mr. Franco, son of Seville, who perished in one of the recent battles in Melilla.

1936. Soldiers taking advantage of their rest time listening to the radio.

SS guards load victims of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, into a trucks for burial, 1945

Turkish soldiers in training during World War II.

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