• Exterior view of the Association building in Constantinople where Van Bommel prepared parcels for Allied prisoners of war in Turkish prisons. During the war, the YMCA building became a warehouse for relief work for Allied POW's. Source: Association Men, 46 (April 1921): 358.

Source: Association Men, 46 (April 1921): 358.

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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