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Notes:: View of the Allied patients in a hospital ward in an unidentified Austrian prison. Red Triangle secretaries visited these unfortunates to bring them spiritual and mental relief during their recovery process. Association workers provided Bibles and spiritual tracts, stationery, books, and gramophones for entertainment.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: Russian prisoners stand bare-headed in the prison compound at Purgstall during a Christmas celebration during the dedication of the new Association hall in January 1917. A group of Austrian officers stand to the left, next to the POW choir. The YMCA hall is decorated with garland and a large Christmas tree. On the platform by the door stands a WPA secretary, Edgar MacNaughten, and the camp commandant.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: Austrian officials and officers join Russian (to the left) and Serbian (to the right) prisoners for the opening of the James Stokes Hut at Braunau-in-Boehmen, the first Association building for POW's in the Dual Monarchy. Professor Karl Witz-Oberlin, the Secretary-General of the Austrian YMCA, stands in the center of the photograph (he is the bare-headed civilian), while Christian Phildius, a Secretary-General of the World's Committee in Geneva, stands at the angle of the walk (he is in civilian clothing and top hat). Note that the Russian and Serbian prisoners wear identification badges on their caps.
Date Created:: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: The medical staff at Wieselburg lined up outside of the hospital ward for this photograph. The staff includes both Austrian and Russian doctors, orderlies, and sanitary personnel. Health care was a critical priority in prison camps since the outbreak of an epidemic would have devastating consequences for the POW population.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: This outdoor ceremony marks the official inauguration of the YMCA building in the prison camp at Hart. Russian prisoners join Austrian officers and an American YMCA secretary, Edgar MacNaughten (the Senior WPA Secetary for Austria-Hungary), in opening the decorated hall.
Date Created:: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Notes:: Russian prisoners enjoy themselves outdoors wrestling for a group of spectators, which includes an Austrian officer at Josefstadt. A Russian band plays for the amusement of the men.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: Russian prisoners assemble in the prison compound at Purgstall for the dedication of the new YMCA building on Christmas Day, 8 January 1917. The camp commandant, several Austrian officers, Austrian officials,and several Association secretaries (including Edgar MacNaughten) stand on the platform at the entrance to the building next to a large Christmas tree. A group of Austrian officers stand as group to the left; a choir is about to perform to the left of the platform, while members of the prison band, with instruments provided by the YMCA, peek around the corner to the right, ready for their cue to begin playing.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: A Russian prisoner of war orchestra at the prison camp at Deutsch-Gabel poses with Austrian officers (standing to the left) in the prison compound in front of a decorated Christmas tree. There is a YMCA secretary in the center of the photograph (the civilian wearing the bowler hat). The Association provided POW's with musical instruments to form bands and orchestras to provide entertainment and support religious services in prison camps.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: An Austrian officer, General Schilling, examines each Polish Legionnaire prisoner in an unidentified Austrian prison camp prior to the POW's release in March 1918. The Austrians implemented a policy of nationalism regarding their conquests in the east and this examination was part of the repatriation process.
Date Created:: 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

Notes:: Austrian doctors and a nurse perform an operation on a prisoner in the operating room at Wieselburg. An orderly stands to the right next to a table full of medical supplies. The operating room appears to be clean with modern equipment. Doctors often had to perform surgery on patients with battlefield wounds.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Western Michigan University. Libraries

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