_120 Parade Ground "Daily routine varied from camp to camp, but all prisoners would be expected to parade at least once a day where a roll call would be taken. This would happen in the parade ground, an area of open space within the camp.\r\n\r\nThe number and duration of parades at each camp were decided by the person in charge of the camp, the Commander, it also depended on whether any prisoners had escaped, if numbers did not add up the POWs, often hungry and exhausted, could be kept on parade for a very long time as punishment.\r\n\r\nIn some camps, the parade ground was also used for sporting activities.\r\n\r\nImage: Morning parade at Stalag VIIIA" eulac3d Image IMAGE "Daily routine varied from camp to camp, but all prisoners would be expected to parade at least once a day where a roll call would be taken. This would happen in the parade ground, an area of open space within the camp.\r\n\r\nThe number and duration of parades at each camp were decided by the person in charge of the camp, the Commander, it also depended on whether any prisoners had escaped, if numbers did not add up the POWs, often hungry and exhausted, could be kept on parade for a very long time as punishment.\r\n\r\nIn some camps, the parade ground was also used for sporting activities.\r\n\r\nImage: Morning parade at Stalag VIIIA"