In this photograph room you’ll get an insight into the soldiers’ daily lives, both at the front and behind it. The First World War marked a breakthrough for war photography. Images did not merely serve to document events, they were used as propaganda. This led to an increasingly professional approach, and a growing demand for photographers. On the Western Front strict limitations were placed on them. Their pictures needed primarily to show their own nation in a positive light. Amateur photography by soldiers was strictly forbidden, but the rules often proved hard to enforce. The photographs in this room are mostly German. On the German side the rules were relatively flexible; the men were allowed to take pictures, as long as they didn’t do so during the fighting. The snapshots indirectly show the evolution of trench warfare and the destruction of the landscape.