• This photograph shows a classroom in a YMCA hall in an unidentified German prison camp. Russian POW's are learning how to read from fellow prisoners. The class is obviously popular—students must sit on the floor because there are no empty seats in the room. Source: Association Men, 41 (October 1916): 193.

Source: Association Men, 41 (October 1916): 193.

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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