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1. Serbian Boys Band in an Austro-Hungarian Prison Camp

Notes:: The YMCA provided most of the musical instruments and music for this Serbian boys' band in an unidentified Austrian prison camp. The boys learned to play instruments and provided the general prison population with musical entertainment.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Serbian Orchestra in an Austro-Hungarian Prison Camp

Notes:: Photograph of a Serbian stringed orchestra, which included a brass, woodwind, and percussion section, during a performance in the camp compound in an unidentified Austrian prison camp. The YMCA provided prisoners with musical instruments to support religious services and provide entertainment to the general prison population.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Band at Nagymegyer

Notes:: Serbian and Russian prisoners assemble in the prison compound at Nagymegyer on their day off. A band, standing to the right at the front of the assembled men, prepares to play. Hungarian officers and NCO's stand in the foreground and one can see the one-story wooden barracks in the background.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries