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1. Starting a Race at Rastatt

Notes:: The prisoners stand on the starting line of a foot race awaiting the command to begin the competition at Rastatt. Three judges stand by the starting post while another prisoner in the background holds a large chalkboard on a stick to inform the spectators of the event.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Italian POW Lifting Weights at a Track and Field Competition

Notes:: Italian prisoners of war compete in a weight-lifting competition in an unidentified Austrian prison camp. POW's often organized "Sports Days" in which prisoners competed in a variety of track and field events. Such events helped improve camp morale and training for the competition kept prisoners physically fit.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Race Track at Rastatt

Notes:: Prisoners compete in a foot race, watched by a large crowd of spectators at Rastatt. Note the sentry box on top of the building which may have been a magazine in the old fortress. Athletic competitions kept the men in shape and provided diversions for the camp population.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Athletic Competition at Dunaszerdahley

Notes:: Italian prisoners compete on a Sport's Day in the prison camp at Dunaszerdahley. This photograph caught a POW in the middle of a high jump amid a group of spectators.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Track and Field Competition at Dunaszerdahley

Notes:: Four prisoners compete in a sprint on a Sport's Day in the prison camp at Dunaszerdahley as Italian prisoners observe the race. Track and field events kept POW's in shape and provided entertainment for non-competitors in the camp.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. High Jump Competition at Rastatt

Notes:: Prisoners at Rastatt are stretching out for a high jump competition in a track and field contest. Athletic competitions were an important part of prison camp life because physical activities helped keep POW's in shape.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries