Sent directly from the notorious Alten-Grabow prisoner-of-war camp near Magdeburg on 13 August 1917, this evocative real-photo postcard shows the tree-lined lane leading to the camp's Kommandantur — the commandant's administrative building — its whitewashed façade and covered veranda half-hidden by dense summer foliage, a gas lantern and gate post visible at the road's edge. Alten-Grabow (officially Lager Alten-Grabow) held tens of thousands of Allied POWs during WWI, including many French, British, and Russian soldiers; it was one of Imperial Germany's largest internment facilities. The card bears a clear circular ALTENGRABOW / MAGDEBG postmark dated 13.8.17, with a striking purple "Briefstempel" (letter censor stamp) and a handwritten military address block at upper right identifying the sender's unit: "4. Inf. Rgt. 3 Coy. 3 Zug. Ball No. 11" — suggesting a German guard or administrative soldier. The handwritten message on the left, in German cursive, mentions receiving a letter and references an "Abtransport" (transfer/departure), lending human urgency to this document of wartime confinement. Published by Max Schüsse, Photograph, Dörnitz, with printing notes in multiple languages on the verso margin.