- 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. Source: Doegen, Kriegsgefangene Voelker, Photo 35, 1921, 110B.
Source: Doegen, Kriegsgefangene Voelker, Photo 35, 1921, 110B.
From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer| Subjects |
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