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

Subject Topic:

Germany, Rastatt, Sports, Track and Field, Running, British POWs, 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. Backhaus, "Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland," Berlin: Verlag Hermann Montanus, 1915, Photo 158, 81.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/375