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1. Opening of the YMCA Hall at Purgstall

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After the YMCA building inauguration and Christmas service at Purgstall, the Austrian officers and visitors stop for a photograph. The visitors included Austrian Baron von Haitin, the Swedish minister to Austria-Hungary; His Excellency Berks-Fries, Charge d'Affairs; Leche; Pastor Neander (a YMCA secretary); and Edgar MacNaughten, the Senior WPA Secretary for Austria-Hungary, who stand on the front porch of the building. Russian prisoners look on the scene from the background.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Christmas Festivities at Wieselburg

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Russian prisoners assemble in the snow in the prison compound at Wieselburg for Christmas celebrations in January 1918. Secretary John Klanmann, a Swedish YMCA worker, addresses the prisoners from the platform in front of a decorated Christmas tree. Prisoners carry a cross and religious banners and the POW band stands to the left of the platform.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

3. Christmas in an Austrian Prison Camp

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Prisoners assemble outside of a YMCA hall in an Austrian prison camp in preparation for their Christmas celebration. Dignitaries are standing on the steps of the building by the front door.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries