A. Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, August 15, 1917

B. Commander of the 607th German machine gun company

C. Machine-gun squadron M.G.K. (Maschinen Gewehr Kompanie)

D. Trucks parked near Hawara (Nablus)

E. 'Hospital headquarters near Uja al-Hafir, Dr. Cnaan, Dr. Yornes, October 9, 1916'

F. 'Medical staff in Nablus, 1917: Halabi, the division's chemist, Dr. Antigen, and Catholic nurses'

G. German army unit lineup (location unidentified)

Photographic memories from WWI – part 4

Photo album obtained by late archeologist Pesach Bar-Adon contains a large number of images of Land of Israel 90 years ago. This week we present a documentation of the beginning of the collapse of the Ottoman-German army, alongside landscapes from that era. Fourth story in series

Nadav Man |Published: 03.14.08 , 09:45

Three weeks ago we began a series of articles on the photo album obtained by archeologist Pesach Bar-Adon (1907-1985) from an unknown source.

The photos, which feature the events of World War I, reveal that the original album owner was the member of a medical staff.

Last week, we presented a documentation of the first use of airplanes in the Land of Israel. This week, we present photos depicting the beginning of the collapse of the Ottoman-German army, which was fighting the British army advancing from Sinai up north.

Additional photos show Jerusalem before it was captured, as well as other places.

1. Saint Paulos, a Jerusalem hostel

2. The winter of 1917, military trucks on the Jerusalem-Nablus road

3. Arab women were forcibly recruited to collect stones for the paving of a road from Jerusalem to Nablus for the withdrawing Turkish army, 1917

4. A railway station with burnt coaches and engines (apparently following the British bombardment)

5. An engine hit in the shelling

6. "Staff doctor, Captain Yornes (Stabsarzt Dr.) and his assistant Dr. Habib"

7. German aircraft following belly landing

8. "The Beersheba hospital's medical staff, 1916"

9. 'Crescent; hospital headquarters in the English mission building in Jerusalem. In the middle: Prof. Omar Nasser, with German Catholic nurses. (Located today on Nevi'im St.)

10. Medical lab (no details)

11. (Photo with no caption)

12. Turkish army convoys near Nablus or Jenin

13. Austrian troops line up near Ratisbonne Monastery in Jerusalem

14. German transportation unit's honor parade for General Erich von Falkenhayn who was appointed chief of the General Staff and visited Jerusalem for the first time on May 24, 1917. Location: Outside the Jerusalem railway station. (Dr. Yigal Shefi provided additional background material)

15. Burnt German aircraft on the ground (perhaps at the a-Tina airport near Kfar Menachem or at a field near Tzemach. Dov Gavish)