• American prisoners of war crowd a religious service in the prison camp at Rastatt. This was a Russian Orthodox Church used by the Ukrainian POW's, but the Americans had access to the building for their divine services. Source: Paul B. Anderson Photo Collection, Photo 77J, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Minneapolis, MN.

Source: Paul B. Anderson Photo Collection, Photo 77J, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Minneapolis, MN.

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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  • American: 1900-present
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