Building the barracks, preparing meals, administrative and utility tasks keep the internees busy. « Those who arrived first, between November 5th and November 24th, had to build the barracks for the next ones » (Read more in « Avel Gornog » n°5 )
« Some of the prisoners are employed by the camp staff. For example, on September 6th 1916, 132 internees have regular jobs in the camp kitchens or workshops (carpenters, tailors, …) for a salary of 0.30 francs. Others are assigned administrative tasks. Their wages allow them to buy goods in order to improve their everyday lot : butter, marmalade, flour, sugar ... »
« Die Insel-Woche mentions the existence of the following trades in the camp : woodcarving, marquetry, lutherie, drawing, sculpture, model-making, joinery and cabinet-making, painting and tapestry, hardware, flower-growing, mechanical engineering, shoe-making, woodturning. Some drawings show that some of these groups had their own workshops, like the shoemakers, woodturners and tailors, for instance »
(from the article « Die Insel-Woche, la semaine de l’île », by Christophe Kunze, in « Avel Gornog » n° 16 – pp. 63 - 81)
The tailors’workshop
(AD 29 - 9 R 33)