- This is the front page of the first edition of "The Wooden City: A Journal for Prisoners of War" in the prison camp at Goettingen. French prisoners at Goettingen received their own newspaper in the Spring of 1915 and this issue began a news service in English. Prisoners could receive news about events in camp, sports scores, church services, humor, and other items of interest. Source: Wooden City, No. 1 (July 1, 1915): 1.
Source: Wooden City, No. 1 (July 1, 1915): 1.
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| Subjects |
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