• French prisoners of war take advantage of the reading room in the YMCA hall at Goettingen. They can read books or magazines for pleasure or in preparation for courses. The Association sought to make every man's experience in prison a rewarding one. Source: Stange, Das Gefangenlager in Goettingen, 1915, 58.

Source: Stange, Das Gefangenlager in Goettingen, 1915, 58.

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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