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Creation Date
1918
Description
British prisoners, musicians in the Freigefangenenburger Orchestra (Free Prisoner Citizen Orchestra), pose on stage in front of a woods scene at the prison camp at Frankfurt-am-Main. The orchestra is well equipped with stringed instruments, woodwinds, and percussion and is conducted by Herr Johak Shawski (an assumed name). Most of the musicians are identified with comical names in the caption.
Keywords
Germany, Frankfurt-am-Main, Entertainment, Music, Orchestra, British POWs, World War 1914-1918