Curtain Call (POW Show)
Stalag IX-C, Germany
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Description:
This appears to be the second curtain call from an evening of sketchs performed on an outdoor stage in Stalag IX-C, Germany.
The date is unknown but the photo is annotated with a marker (No. 2168) and forms part of a series of photos from a night of comedy sketches performed by POWs. The collection belonged to Pte. Harry Knox, Gordon Highlanders, who was a POW at Stalag IX-C from 1940 - 1945, and appears as Stan Laurel in one of the sketches.
Credit:
Thanks to Caron Paterson, Harry's Daughter, for sending this into us.
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Division History References :
Caron Paterson very kindly sent us a set of scanned photographs that belonged to her Grandfather, Pte. Harry Knox, and are from his times as a WWII POW in Stalag IX-C in Germany between 1940 - 1945. The set include several of a comedy sketch show put on by the POWs.