Gymnastics Performance at Stuttgart
Description:
Gymnasts, in the Stuttgart II prison camp, perform a pyramid on the parallel bars outdoors in the prison compound. A group of French spectators sit behind the performers. Gymnastic exercises helped keep prisoners in shape and the performances provided a diversion for camp inhabitants.
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Western Michigan University Libraries
Rights:
No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Backhaus, "Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland," Berlin: Vertrag Hermann Montanus, 1915, Photo 155, 80.
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