Sport jeniecki w latach II wojny światowej
w świetle raportów YMCA
Prisoner-of-war sport in the years of World War II in the light of the YMCA
reports (a sketch)
Author(s): Jan DanilukSubject(s): Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Sports Studies
Published by: Centralne Muzeum Jeńców Wojennych
Keywords: YMCA; sports; physical activity; World War II; prisoners-of-war;
Summary/Abstract: The article undertakes to synthetically describe POWs’ sport in the years ofWorld War II. It is based on the reports drawn up by delegations of the YMCAthat were inspecting German POW camps being places of internment for soldiersof western countries. The reports have been relatively rarely used by researchersto date. On the basis of the documents identified in German archives (all in all 50documents) the most popular sports disciplines were presented, as well as the forma-tion of sports infrastructure and conditions in which POW sport was developing inthe eastern Military Districts (Wehrkreise): VIII, XX and XXI in the years of WorldWar II. The present study has the form of a sketch and is of the advance character.
Journal: Łambinowicki Rocznik Muzealny
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 54-62
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Polish
