• Bulgarian dignitaries, officers, and Orthodox priest attend the inauguration of the YMCA building in the prison camp at Phillipopolis in 1917. The building is cheerfully decorated with strings of garland and flags. Serbian POW's stand to the left of the building waiting for the hall to open. Source: World's Alliance of YMCA's, International Year Book 1920, 1920, 51.

Source: World's Alliance of YMCA's, International Year Book 1920, 1920, 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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