• An orchestra composed of Bohemian prisoners of war with their instruments pose with Russian officers, sitting on the left and right and in the middle (the latter, presumably, the camp commandant). Two civilians also pose for the photograph; Archibald C. Harte sits on the left of the commandant and George Day is on the right. This photo was taken in 1915 when the two American YMCA secretaries traveled across Russia and Siberia to introduce War Prisoners' Aid operations in the Tsarist Empire. Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:4 (15 September 1915): 16A.

Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:4 (15 September 1915): 16A.

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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