Italian POW Lifting Weights at a Track and Field Competition

Notes:

Italian prisoners of war compete in a weight-lifting competition in an unidentified Austrian prison camp. POW's often organized "Sports Days" in which prisoners competed in a variety of track and field events. Such events helped improve camp morale and training for the competition kept prisoners physically fit.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Austria-Hungary, Sports, Track and Field, Weight Lifting, Italian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Giuseppe Leonida Capobianco, "Impressioni e recordi della prigionia di guerra in Austria," Naples: Casa Editice Libraria Federico and Ardia, 1928, 176B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1559