Album mit 145 Photographien von Kriegsgefangenen... Lot n° 298

World War 1 - China - Tsingtau - Japan - Prisoner of War Camp Album with 145 photographs of prisoners of war in Nagoya. Silver gelatin. Usually 10 x 7 cm. Laminated on paper. Transverse -4°. Silk album. Shows destructions in Tsingtau, German soldiers shipping, instructions for prisoners of war, camp life, building barracks, theatre and leisure in camp, country and people etc. Japan, then an ally of the British, conquered the German colony in November 1914. POW camps were set up for the approximately 4700 prisoners, of whom 4400 were Germans and 300 Austria-Hungary. - Impressive source on the camp life of German prisoners of war. Rarely. Enclosed: Original POW postcard from 25.9.1918. World War 1 - China - Tsingtau - Japan - Prisoner of War Camp. - Album of 145 photographs. - Shows destructions in Tsingtau, German soldiers shipping, instructions for prisoners of war, camp life, building barracks, theatre and leisure in camp, country and people etc. Japan, then an ally of the British, conquered the German colony in November 1914. POW camps were set up for the approximately 4700 prisoners, including 4400 Germans and 300 Austro-Hungarians. - Impressive source for the camp life of the German prisoners of war. Rarely. Enclosed: Original POW postcard from 25.9.1918. *