French POW Ice Skating

Notes:

A French prisoner executes a jump while ice skating at an unidentified German prison camp. Two other POW's are skating behind him. While winters meant cold barracks and a struggle to keep warm for many prisoners, some POW's took advantage of the weather for some healthy exercise.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

French POW, Sports, Ice Skating, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Doegen,Wilhelm. Kriegsgefangene Voelker, Berlin: Verlag fuer Politik und Wissenschaft, 1921, Photo 35, 1921, 110B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/13