• Russian prisoners administer the book collection in this library in an unidentified German prison in 1915. The YMCA provided a large number of these books for the benefit of the POW population, including hard to find Russian language books and journals. Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 2: 9 (November 1, 1916): 40B.

Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 2: 9 (November 1, 1916): 40B.

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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