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1. War Prisoners' Aid Traveling Library Store Room

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This storeroom in the Geneva headquarters of the World's Alliance of YMCA's is where secretraries prepared circulating libraries for shipment to labor detachments in the Central Power and Allied nations. The walls of the hallway are covered with stacks of circulating libraries, a testiment to their popularity among prisoners.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Cover Page of the Worlds' Alliance List of Traveling Library Books

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Cover of the "Bibliotheque des prisonniers de guerre," published by the World's Alliance of YMCA's. This book listed the contents of the different series of traveling libraries available to prisoners of war working on Arbeitskommandos, far from prison camp libraries. The books which composed these libraries were published before the war and focused on history, literature, natural science, and vocational works.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. War Prisoners' Aid Book Forwarding Department

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World Alliance secretaries prepare books for shipment to prisoners of war in Allied and Central Power prison camps from the Geneva headquarters. Prisoners could request books, usually Scriptures or religious tracts, directly from the World's Alliance. Rudolf Horner directed the Book Forwarding Department for the World's Alliance.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. Worlds' Alliance of YMCAs Book Room for Traveling Libraries

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A World's Alliance secretary is compiling a list of books which will be sorted into traveling libraries and forwarded to prisoners assigned to labor detachments. The Association scoured Europe in search of pre-war books (which would receive faster approval from prison camp censors) in exotic languages (such as Russian, Serbian, and Georgian).
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. YMCA War Prisoners' Aid Monthly Magazine "Le Messager"

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The World's Alliance of YMCA's published "The Messenger to Prisoners of War" in a wide range of languages for prisoners of war in Allied and Central Power hands. This issue was the French version, published in December 1917, and distributed in German prison camps. The YMCA sought to provide POW's with educational and devotional readings to help prisoners pass their time and improve their future lot in life.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Ernst Satorius, Editor of "Le Messager," a Monthly YMCA Magazine for POWs

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The editor of The Messenger to the Prisoners of War works on the copy for the latest edition of this monthly newspaper. The Messenger was published in French, English, German, Russian, Serbian, Italian, and Bulgarian by the World's Alliance of YMCA's. The contents included spiritual and moral material, but focused primarily on historical, scientific, and literary articles. The first editor of "The Messenger" was W. Gottsched and he was later replaced by Ernst Sartorius.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. Office of the "Commission Romande des Internes" in Geneva

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The editor and a secretary work in the office of the Commission Romande des Internes in the World's Alliance headquarters in Geneva. The Associaiton produced a monthly newspaper from this office for prisoners repatriated to Switzerland for the duration of the war.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries