POW Soccer Team

Notes:

A soccer team in an unidentified German prison camp poses for this photograph with a German non-commissioned officer. The prisoners formed sports leagues in prison camps which gave the POW's an activity which kept them physically fit.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

POWs, Sports, Soccer, German NCO, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Association Men, 42 (October 1916): 18. Image is out of copyright.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/11