Transportkiste
um 1915 | Fritz Willfort
Fritz Willfort is held captive in an officers' prison for six years in Russian Turkestan. He is allowed to move with relative freedom and comes to know the land and its people. He buys language textbooks and learns Russian, the local Turkic languages, and Tajik (Persian). He visits bazaars, villages and tea houses and collects souvenirs, photographs and postcards. He keeps a diary in which he records his experiences as a prisoner. He manages to preserve these possessions in a small transport chest and brings them to Vienna.
Fritz Willfort is held captive in an officers' prison for six years in Russian Turkestan. He is allowed to move with relative freedom and comes to know the land and its people. He buys language textbooks and learns Russian, the local Turkic languages, and Tajik (Persian). He visits bazaars, villages and tea houses and collects souvenirs, photographs and postcards. He keeps a diary in which he records his experiences as a prisoner. He manages to preserve these possessions in a small transport chest and brings them to Vienna.
Collection:
Fritz Willfort (1879 Wien - 1956 Wien)
Time:
um 1915
Entry Date:
2003
Object Name
Transportation box of a prisoner of war
Material/technology:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
L. 42 cm, B. 46 cm, H. 23,5 cm
Mit senkrecht geöffnetem Deckel: H. 60 cm
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia
Geography
Zentralasien/West-Turkestan/Usbekistan
Invs.
180503
