• A large group of Russian and French POW's (including a Senegalese prisoner on the ground in the front row) pose for a photograph in the prison compound at Langensalza. Note the POW identification badges on the left arms of the prisoners. Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 211, 1915, 103.

Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 211, 1915, 103.

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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