Prisoner of War Painting

By James Craig, Digital Scholarship Center

Painted by a German Prisoner of War, held in Glassboro, NJ, this watercolor painting depicts a building and a mountain scene. The unsigned painting was created using watercolor on a thin non-acid free paper that was likely some sort of packing paper. 

During World War II, German prisoners of war were held in a camp in Glassboro. The approximate location of the camp was 152 Delsea Drive, map coordinates: 39.689897, -75.099849 The road next to the currently existing recreation area is called Labor Camp Road. 

By all accounts, the German prisoners were well cared for and treated with respect. The prisoners were paid normal wages, had comfortable living quarters and even had time for leisure activities such as creating artwork.

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James Craig, Digital Scholarship Center, “Prisoner of War Painting,” The Glassboro Memory Mapping Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://gmm.glassborohistory.org/items/show/748.

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  • Lynch, Major General Jarvis D. "The Summer of 1945." Milestones: The Harrison Township Historical Society, March 2012
  • Williams, Victoria. "On The WWII Homefront, county residents helped." Gloucester County Times. December 7, 2008
  • "The Glassboro Prisoner of War Camp." Bulletin of the Gloucester County Historical Society. March 2001, Vol. 27, No 7
Published on Apr 12, 2019. Last updated on Oct 10, 2019.