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11. Headquarters of the Danish YMCA in Copenhagen

Notes:
This is an exterior view of the Copenhagen YMCA building, which served as the national headquarters for the Danish Association.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

12. War Prisoners' Aid Poster

Notes:
This poster aptly demonstrated the sea of humanity that became barbed-wire victims during World War I and the role of the American YMCA played in alleviating their hardships. The photos along the border show prisoners from around the world while the quotes in the center point out the assistance the Association was providing in terms of extending hope, food, and comforts. The motto for the War Prisoners' Aid service was "In Prison and Ye Visited Me," inspired by the words of Christ. These captives also helped Red Triangle secretaries establish a relationship with men from the four corners of the globe; this missionary effort could have paid off huge dividends after the war as these men returned home imbued with the Association spirit and mission.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

13. The Flying Squadron--The First American YMCA Contingent to Europe

Notes:
This is a photograph of the "Flying Squadron," American volunteers who answered John R. Mott's call for men to serve in the prison camps of Europe in the Summer of 1915. They were known as the "second contingent," following in the footsteps of Archibald Harte and C. V. Hibbard to establish the War Prisoners' Aid service. The eleven are on board the deck of a ship in the middle of the Atlantic, preparing to offer aid to young men in prison camps and hospitals.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

14. Visit of an American YMCA Secretary with British POWs at Muenster

Notes:
Claus Olandt (the civilian seated in the center of the photo), an American YMCA WPA secretary working in Germany, poses outdoors with fifteen British POW's at Muenster after a church service. These POWs ran the Association in Muenster and maintained the program of sports, social, educational, and spiritual relief.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

15. American WPA Secretaries Arrive in Europe

Notes:
This is a photograph of several members of the Flying Squadron that the International Committee sent to Europe in the Spring of 1915 to serve as War Prisoners' Aid secretaries. They are posing with European YMCA secretaries who are already providing war relief work in their own countries.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

16. Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden in a War Prisoners' Aid Parcel Room

Notes:
Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden sits and reviews some documentation with a Swedish assistant as relief workers prepare parcels for Allied prisoners of war in Germany. The princess was from England and she developed a deep concern for the welfare of POW's. She converted a room in the Crown Prince's palace into a supply room to collect and ship relief parcels to needy prisoners in Germany.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

17. YMCA War Prisoners' Aid Secretary with Russian POW's

Notes:
An unidentified YMCA secretary meets with three Russian prisoners of war in the compound of a German prison camp. The three Russians may be members of the camp's YMCA Committee.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries