• Russian, French, and Belgian officers pose around a cloth-covered table in the prison camp in Halle-am-Saal. The belongings of the officers assigned to this room sit on the shelf and include boxes, photographs, bowls, and cups, while clothing and a pocket watch hand from the shelf. Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 223, 1915, 108.

Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 223, 1915, 108.

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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