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Belgian POW art made from an aluminium canteen
one side reads " remember Munster Lager 1914 "
the other side " remember Soltau 1915 "
13 x 11.5 x 5 cm
Munster and Soltau were POW camps in Niedersachsen; Lower Saxony in Germany.
The first Belgian POWs arrived in Munster after the Battle of Liège. They were housed in wood army barracks. Within a few weeks tents were used to accommodate new batches of prisoners.
Soltau was known as ' The camp of the Belgians ' . The first Belgian POWs arrived in August 1914. There was no accommodation for them; they slept under the stars. A first camp was built by the POWs [ as far as I know both from Munster and Soltau ] in the course of the autumn and then a second camp was built, right next to the first.
In late autumn 1914 the prisoners of Munster Lager were sent to this 2nd camp while it was still under construction.
Soltau became the largest of the POW camps in Germany. Over 70.000 POWs were interred there during WWI.
link to a [ French language ] page with info on the early days of Munster and Soltau :
2x580EX's one off to left and one off to right triggered by on camera add in a little colour use a very proficient rider and POW... you've done it ;-)
Slow shutter, moving subject- taken at UBC, Vancouver, BC, spring 2016. Thank you for your appreciation, Gail
On a recent trip to the US we visited a Pow Wow in Tennessee. Full of wonderful colourful characters such as this one.
The Blood Tribe (= the Kainai) held their annual pow wow just as we were in the area.
A pow wow is a dance competition in several categories (from older chiefs to very young children, as far as I could see). First Nations people from places all over Canada come together to compete and to celebrate their culture.
These women are doing the Jingle Dance, originally a Healing Dance. You can see the bells on their skirts.
Roasting Ears of Corn Festival near Allentown, PA. It was hot and this boy had beads of sweat on his nose. But he was happy here because they had just announced the candy dance. Several bags of candy were tossed onto the ground. As the drums played the children danced. When the drums would stop for 5 or so seconds the children could pick up as much candy as possible. Then the drums began again and all had to dance again until the drums stopped or the candy was gone.