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- Nine members of the stringed orchestra at Ohrdruf pose for this photograph. The American YMCA shipped musical instruments to prison camps as part of the Association's social program. Access to instruments permitted musicians the opportunity to maintain their talent in preparation for post-war employment and the music performed by the orchestras and bands in prison concerts helped boost the morale of the prison population in general.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- British internees with artistic talent or interests could paint and draw in the art studio in Ruhleben. Examples of the internees' work hang on the walls of the room.
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- French and Russian enlisted prisoners display their wood working projects for two German officers outside of the main prison building at Wuerzburg. There are examples of airplanes, birds, and a windmill which demonstrated the wood working skills of the prisoners. Captivity in prison provided men with considerable time to practice their hobbies and exhibitions allowed the POW's to show off their abilities.
- Date Created:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Actors perform a scene from a play in the French theater at Celle. The theater includes a piano to the left and a stage with scenes. The audience is accommodated by a large number of benches. Theater performances were important for the mental health of POW's incarcerated in prison camps since plays provided mental diversions from their captivity.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- To celebrate the Christmas season, the French prisoners organized a special concert for December 1917. This program highlights the music performed at Muensingen (the Christmas celebration for Russian and Serbian prisoners would follow in January 1918 due to the Orthodox calendar).
- Date Created:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- A Russian prisoner of war performs a song on his mandolin in the prison camp at Goettingen. Music was an important source of entertainment, especially for Russian POW's.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The program cover for a New Doeberitz Empire performance in November 1915, which features an English soldier instead of the traditional sailor as the camp's mascot.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The arts were another important diversion for prisoners at Muensingen. In this illustration, a POW is busy drawing a picture.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Gymnasts, in the Stuttgart II prison camp, perform a pyramid on the parallel bars outdoors in the prison compound. A group of French spectators sit behind the performers. Gymnastic exercises helped keep prisoners in shape and the performances provided a diversion for camp inhabitants.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- The holidays were often a very difficult time for prisoners far from home. In response, POW's often organized special concerts and other festivities during this time of year. This is the New Year's Day concert program for French prisoners of war at Muensingen on 1 January 1918.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
