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1. Classroom in the YMCA Hall at Braunau-in-Boehmen

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The YMCA helped boy prisoners in the prison camp at Braunau-in-Boehmen to learn to read and write in this classroom in the Y hall. The Association persuaded Austrian authorities to concentrate Russian and Serbian boys in the Austrian prison camp system at Braunau so they could receive better treatment and the opportunity to gain an education to make them better men and future citizens.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Math Class for Serbian Boy POWs at Braunau-in-Boehmen

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These boys are participating in a math class, as suggested by the abacus on the table, in the prison camp at Braunau-in-Boehmen. Association secretaries urged the Austro-Hungarian authorities to segregate young boys from the main POW populations and concentrate them in prisons with schools.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Western Michigan University. Libraries