SPITTAL AN DER DRAU. FOUR PRISONERS-OF-WAR (POWs), INMATES OF STALAG XVIIIb IN THE AUSTRIAN ...

Place Europe: Austria
Accession Number P01632.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Mckay, R
Date made 11 March 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

SPITTAL AN DER DRAU. FOUR PRISONERS-OF-WAR (POWs), INMATES OF STALAG XVIIIb IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL, STANDING IN FRONT OF A SIGNBOARD ADVERTISING A RACE DAY AND CARNIVAL THAT THE POWs HAVE ORGANISED. THE TWO POWs IN THE CENTRE ARE DRESSED UP FOR A CONCERT PERFORMANCE THAT IS TO BE GIVEN IN THE EVENING. THE SIGNBOARD IS FIXED TO THE SIDE OF ONE OF THE WOODEN BARRACKS BLOCKS IN WHICH THE POWs LIVED. ` WAS A POW TRANSIT CAMP WHERE AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED POWs WERE INCARCERATED FOR SHORT PERIODS. (ORIGINAL PRINT HELD IN AWM PRIVATE RECORDS COLLECTION AT PR00175).