Class Room at Goettingen

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Notes:

A music class at Goettingen is packed with French prisoners of war as an instructor explains a point on the chalkboard. Many prisoners took advantage of the opportunity to learn how to read and write or explore topics that they had no time to study before their incarceration.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Goettingen, Education, Classroom, Music, French POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Carl Stange, “Das Gefangenlager in Goettingen,” Goettingen: Verlag Louis Hofer, ca. 1915, 55.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1166