- A Polish band performs in the prison compound at Plan. These Russian prisoners received their musical instruments from the American Red Triangle secretary. Austrian officials supported the establishment of nationalist organizations among the subject peoples of the Russian Empire in support of the Dual Monarchy's post-war goals of a Polish kingdom under Austro-German control. Source: YMCA Photograph Collection A, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Photo 4H, Minneapolis, MN.
Source: YMCA Photograph Collection A, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Photo 4H, Minneapolis, MN.
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| Subjects |
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