• British, Russian, French, and Belgian prisoners of war cram into the reading room of the YMCA hall at Goettingen. They have access to books and pre-war magazines in the Association library. To maximize capacity within the hall, the YMCA provided benches, but not tables. Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:5 (6 December 1915): 10B.

Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:5 (6 December 1915): 10B.

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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