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Sport teams in Stalag XXA

                                              pic1. footbal team in Stalag XXA                                                           pic2. rugby team in Stalag XXA                                             Pic.3 Sport Platz at Fort 15 Even though the daily food rations were not sufficient an inordinate number of calories were burned up through too much physical activity. At the top of Fort 13, the netball (a team game that resembles basketball) was played. According to Mr Sam Kydd ' a good deal rougher than would normally be allowed'. Therefore, rugby matches were limitted to twelve minutes each way and football matches lasted only thirty minutes.Mr Jim Roberts added taht the mixture of netball and rugby ' was no game for the squeamish" pic.3 source https://www.awm.gov.au/

Music in Stalag XXA

                                           The Rascals Band in Stalag XXA                                            Pic.2. Orchestra at Fort 15 Starting from 1940, PoWs kept in Stalag XXA were able to oraganize a sing-song accompanied on a mouth organ  followed by "Pennies from Heaven" played with a comb and piece tissue. Due time however, more instruments arrived from Switzerland . By the late 1941 an orchestra had been created at Thorn. pic.2 source https://www.awm.gov.au/

Questions

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