A corner of the prison yard at the Kharkov Institution. This prison was used to hold the victims which Bolshevik Court condemned to death in wholesale fashion. The heap of litter in the corner is full of ghastly fragments of bone, mute but eloquent testimony of the horrid scenes that have taken place in this compound. The stains on the wall, and lower stains now covered by the heap of refuse were made by the daily executions in which the condemned stood in a line, hands tied behind their backs and facing the tow of soldiers, to be shot. This photograph was taken by the American Red Cross personnel, who for purposes of Distributing medical supplies, was attached to the Units of the Volunteer Army

The trench in front of the concentration camp at Kharkov. Along the cement pathway which crosses the photograph there appeared one day three representatives of the labor union at Kharkof. The unionists had voted to plead with the "extraordinary council" of the commune for less drastic measures in overcoming the sentiment against Bolshevism. The three delegates came unarmed and with the most peaceful intention. Without warning the guards of the concentration camp shot them as they crossed this bridge over the trench and they fell into the pit

Guarding a stronghold. Supplies of any kind have to be closely guarded in the Crimea where thousands of refugees without homes, food or clothing are crowding daily. All the supplies of the small district have been exhausted and new supplies arriving by boat would be stolen immediately without heavy guards. This picture shows troops of the Volunteer Army guarding the warehouse of the American Red Cross where hospital and medical supplies are stolen. The presence of these guards is all that keeps the population from rifling the warehouse and appropriating the hospital supplies for their own use

American Red Cross in North Russia. The largest building in Archangel is the great prison, belonging to the old regime, when prisons were a very vital and important matter in the business of government. It was emptied by the Bolsheviks when they arrived in Archangel, and it is now again filled with Bolsheviks, being used as a barracks for American troops. It was built by the Swedes during their occupation of this part ofhte coast a hundred and fifty years ago. The walls are nine to fifteen feet thick, which is remarkable in a two-story structure, and the windows are barred with irons two inches in diameter, while the doors are all solid iron. Architecturally it is not all so good as the part shown in this picture, which is the court side of the main entrance. The tallest man in the group is the American Assistant Provost Marshal, Lieut. Wron of Detroit, who was in charge of the prison Next to him is Lieut. E.W. Hallowell of Los Angeles, American Red Cross, then the old Russian chief of the prison and his assistant

Arrival of trainload of Italian prisoners from Austrian prison camps at Buchs on the Austro-Swiss frontier. A trainload of these repatriated prisoners, 12 to 15 cars long, containing about 600 men arrives at Buchs each week. Messrs. J. Cooke-Smith, Prof. H. Rushton Fairclough, of Stanford Univ. and Mr. Russley of the American Red Cross meet this train each week and distribute clothing, food, comforts of all sorts, American flags and flowers to the unfortunates. Their condition is deplorable. They are all tuberculous. Several cars contain the bad cases who are in the last stages. Every man has been starved, exposed to all sorts of weather with insufficient clothing, given insufficient medical treatment and otherwise neglected. Many arrive with rags of this shirts covering their nakedness. Many are bare to the waists. Red Cross nurses cover them with blankets. Hundreds have no shoes and wear burlap bags tied around their feet with cords. Others have purulent wounds and running sores from neglect. Dozens are mad and must be given sedatives to keep them from violence. Several die on the journey across Switzerland of each trainload arriving from Austria

Trudeau Sanitarium, Hachette. Time to get up. The long rows of windows always open, give the children plenty of fresh air in their dormitory in Trudeau Sanitarium, Hachette, near Paris. The manor house of Hachette is an AMERICAN RED CROSS hospital for tubercular women. In the grounds nearby barracks have been built where about 180 children are housed, each for a period of three months or more. They are under-nourished children of tubercular tendencies, many of whom have tubercular parents. They are brought from bad living conditions in the cities, and the good nourishment and outdoor life at Hachette go far to establish their health pemanently

A.R.C. in North Russia. Winter quarters in North Russia. A bunk house at the Smolnybarracks in Archangel, where the Red Cross is constantly occupied in making life livable for the American soldiers. Lieut. Wesley right, of Chicago and Rochester, NY is shown in the winter outfit of the American officers, as designed by Sir Ernest Shackleton. The hat is black fur and white canvas, so arranged that the fur flaps can be turned down to cover the whole head. There is a warm leather jacket worn over the uniform, which cuts out the cold wind and is generally all the is needed even in the coldest weather. For sentry duty and times when the men cannot exercise there is also a brown leather overcoat, lined with white sheepskin. The same outfit is furnisheed now to privates as well as officers. Next to Frost is Lieut. Emil Jurgenson of Chicago who is carrying a copy of the Red Cross Magazine, from which the men in North Russia receive a large part of their knowledge of what is going on in other parts of the world

A corner of the prison yard at the Kharkov Institution. This prison was used to hold the victims which Bolshevik Court condemned to death in wholesale fashion. The heap of litter in the corner is full of ghastly fragments of bone, mute but eloquent testimony of the horrid scenes that have taken place in this compound. The stains on the wall, and lower stains now covered by the heap of refuse were made by the daily executions in which the condemned stood in a line, hands tied behind their backs and facing the tow of soldiers, to be shot. This photograph was taken by the American Red Cross personnel, who for purposes of Distributing medical supplies, was attached to the Units of the Volunteer Army

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: Bolshevism. Russia.
On caption card: (10339)
Used in: Major Dexter Slides.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 11

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