French Theater at Koenigsbrueck

Notes:

Actors participate in a scene from a French play in the theater at Koenigsbrueck. Note that the three female parts are played by male actors. The YMCA provided scripts and costumes to help prisoners stage performances and these plays provided the camp population with a source of welcome relief from the monotony of daily prison camp life.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Koenigsbrueck, Entertainment, Theater, YMCA, French POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Conrad Hoffman, “In the Prison Camps of Germany,” New York: Association Press, 1920, 104A.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1186