• Several Christmas trees stand on a platforms in the prison compound at Theresienstadt, probably outside of the YMCA building. The prisoners have decorated the trees with paper chains and ornaments. On the right hand side of the platfom sits an accordion, which will bring music into the camp. Source: YMCA Photo Collection A, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Photo 22H, Minneapols, MN.

Source: YMCA Photo Collection A, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Photo 22H, Minneapols, 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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