Daily Walk around the Compound at Mainz

Notes:

Drawing of 500-odd Allied officers strolling around the "prison square" while some officers kick a soccer ball around in the center of the compound at Mainz. The daily walk was a way for officers to receive some exercise while exchanging the latest social gossip.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Mainz, Sports, Soccer, Walk, British POWs, Allied POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Alec Waugh, "The Prisoners of Mainz," London: Chapman and Hall, 1919, 196B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/467