Inauguration of the YMCA Hall at Hart

Description:

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.

Institution: Western Michigan University Libraries

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms," 2:10 (1 February 1917): 26F.

Subject Topics:

Austria-Hungary,

Austria,

Hart,

Camp Order,

Administrative Buildings,

YMCA,

YMCA Secretary,

Edgar MacNaughten,

Russian POWs,

Austrian Officers,

World War 1914-1918,

Diplomatic History,

European History,

Military History,

Political History

URL: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1414

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