• Russian prisoners participate in a Greek Orthodox divine service on the dock near the prison camp at Danzig. A German steamship is tied to the pier behind the prisoners. Prisoners at Danzig worked in labor detachments in this major German port. Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 191, 1915, 95.

Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 191, 1915, 95.

From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer

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