YMCA Reading Class for Russian POWs

Notes:

This photograph shows a classroom in a YMCA hall in an unidentified German prison camp. Russian POW's are learning how to read from fellow prisoners. The class is obviously popular--students must sit on the floor because there are no empty seats in the room.

Date Created:

1916-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Education, YMCA, Reading, Classroom, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Association Men, 41 (October 1916): 193.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/255