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1. POWs Studying in the Reading Room at Goettingen

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French prisoners of war take advantage of the reading room in the YMCA hall at Goettingen. They can read books or magazines for pleasure or in preparation for courses. The Association sought to make every man's experience in prison a rewarding one.
Date Created:
1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

2. Muslim School at Boldogasszonyfa

Notes:
Muslim POW's learn to read and write in this YMCA school in the prison camp at Boldogasszonyfa in Hungary. Dual Monarchy officials encouraged the instruction of native languages among POW's, not only for the personal benefit of the prisoners, but also to weaken traditional political bonds in Eastern Europe. The Association, on the other hand, focused on the future welfare of these men and their families through educational programs.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

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

Notes:
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
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

4. "Future Citizens" - Russian Boy POWs at School in Austria-Hungary

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Young prisoners of war in an unidentified Austrian prison attend a math class, organized by the YMCA. The teacher is also a POW, probably a former teacher before the war began. There is an abacus on the front of the table and the students diligently figure out their computations on small chalkboards. Discipline is probably not a problem, given the switch hanging from the teacher's side. The photograph caption is interesting: these young men are in class to gain an education to become productive future subjects in the Austro-Hungarian Empire; most of the boys in these prison camps were Russians or Serbians.
Date Created:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

5. Serbian Elementary School at Boldogasszonyfa

Notes:
Serbian prisoners, including boys in the front row, practice their new reading skills in the elementary school at Boldogasszonyfa. Numbers and some of the letters of the alphabet in script and print are on the wall in the back of the room. The Association sought to make the time POW's spent in prison profitable in terms of teaching illiterates how to read and write.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

6. Serb School at Boldogasszonyfa

Notes:
This photograph shows a classroom of Muslim Serb prisoners at Boldogasszonyfa learning to read and write under YMCA administration. The Red Triangle stressed education as the best means to promote citizenship and better economic standards among illiterate prisoners; the Austro-Hungarian government promoted the instruction of native languages among minority prisoners to weaken imperial bonds in Eastern Europe. An International Red Cross worker stands in the back of the classroom.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

7. YMCA School in Austria-Hungary

Notes:
A student recites his lesson for the school master in this unidentified prison camp school. Red Triangle secretaries convinced Austro-Hungarian officials to segregate boys from the main POW populations and establish schools to educate them. YMCA secretaries helped to organize and supervise these schools. The Association's goal was to educate these boys and make them prosperous citizens in the new post-war Europe.
Date Created:
1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries

8. A POW Studies in a Prison Camp at Austria-Hungary

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A prisoner of war works in an Association library in an unidentified Austrian prison camp. Books and journal articles provided critical mental diversions for men incarcerated behind barbed-wire. Reading was not only a pastime; prisoners could read about technical and professional issues to improve their employment opportunities after the war and better support their families.
Date Created:
1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Western Michigan University. Libraries