• This is a drawing of a Hungarian prisoner of war in an unidentified prison camp in Russia during World War I. This soldier was a member of the YMCA WPA Camp Committee which supervised Association programs in prison camps with the assistance of a Red Triangle secretary. Source: Association Men, 43 (November 1917): 117.

Source: Association Men, 43 (November 1917): 117.

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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