• French prisoners transport a shipment of parcels in the town square in Landshut. The town church is in the background of the photograph and the activity has caught the attention of a number of German civilians. Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 68, 1915, 51.

Source: Backhaus, Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland, Photo 68, 1915, 51.

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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