British POW Made Cello from Turkey

British POW Made Cello from Turkey

Description:

A British prisoner of war made this cello during his incarceration in a Turkish prison camp. Through the prisoners' ingenuity and skill, craftsmen in the camps could make musical instruments for bands and orchestras and musicians could then offer the POW's entertainment.

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Charles L. Wooley, "From Kastamuni to Kedos," Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1921, 158.

Type: text