• A rabbi leads a Jewish choir composed of Russian prisoners outside their barrack in the prison camp at Crossen-an-der-Oder. The congregation had access to vestments and other religious articles to support religious services in the camp. Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenenlager, Zweite Folge, 1916, 125.

Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenenlager, Zweite Folge, 1916, 125.

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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