Soccer Game at Goettingen

Notes:

French and Belgian prisoners of war play a friendly soccer game between their barracks at Goettingen. A number of spectators have gathered to watch the game. Sports provided the participants with healthy exercise and spectators with entertainment.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Goettingen, Camp Order, Quarters, Sports, Soccer, French POWs, Belgian 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, 54.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1169