After the YMCA building inauguration and Christmas service at Purgstall, the Austrian officers and visitors stop for a photograph. The visitors included Austrian Baron von Haitin, the Swedish minister to Austria-Hungary; His Excellency Berks-Fries, Charge d\u27Affairs; Leche; Pastor Neander (a YMCA secretary); and Edgar MacNaughten, the Senior WPA Secretary for Austria-Hungary, who stand on the front porch of the building. Russian prisoners look on the scene from the background.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/2450/thumbnail.jp
An unidentified WPA secretary poses with a group of ten Russian prisoners of war in an unknown Austr...
Russian prisoners stand in front of the YMCA building in the prison camp at Spratzern. The building...
Russian prisoners sit on in one of the classrooms of the YMCA building at Wieselburg with an unident...
Russian prisoners stand bare-headed in the prison compound at Purgstall during a Christmas celebrati...
Russian prisoners assemble in the prison compound at Purgstall for the dedication of the new YMCA bu...
Austrian officials and officers join Russian (to the left) and Serbian (to the right) prisoners for ...
This outdoor ceremony marks the official inauguration of the YMCA building in the prison camp at Har...
Edgar MacNaughten (center in civilian clothing) and Austrian officers open a new Association buildin...
This marks the official inauguration of the YMCA building in the prison camp in Wieselburg in 1916. ...
Claus Olandt (the civilian seated in the center of the photo), an American YMCA WPA secretary workin...
Prisoners assemble outside of a YMCA hall in an Austrian prison camp in preparation for their Christ...
Russian prisoners of war at the prison camp at Goettingen pose for a photograph in front of the new ...
Bulgarian dignitaries, officers, and an Orthodox priest attend the inauguration of the YMCA building...
Russian prisoners stand outside the gaily decorated YMCA building, which is festooned with strings o...
Russian prisoners assemble in the snow in the prison compound at Wieselburg for Christmas celebratio...
An unidentified WPA secretary poses with a group of ten Russian prisoners of war in an unknown Austr...
Russian prisoners stand in front of the YMCA building in the prison camp at Spratzern. The building...
Russian prisoners sit on in one of the classrooms of the YMCA building at Wieselburg with an unident...
Russian prisoners stand bare-headed in the prison compound at Purgstall during a Christmas celebrati...
Russian prisoners assemble in the prison compound at Purgstall for the dedication of the new YMCA bu...
Austrian officials and officers join Russian (to the left) and Serbian (to the right) prisoners for ...
This outdoor ceremony marks the official inauguration of the YMCA building in the prison camp at Har...
Edgar MacNaughten (center in civilian clothing) and Austrian officers open a new Association buildin...
This marks the official inauguration of the YMCA building in the prison camp in Wieselburg in 1916. ...
Claus Olandt (the civilian seated in the center of the photo), an American YMCA WPA secretary workin...
Prisoners assemble outside of a YMCA hall in an Austrian prison camp in preparation for their Christ...
Russian prisoners of war at the prison camp at Goettingen pose for a photograph in front of the new ...
Bulgarian dignitaries, officers, and an Orthodox priest attend the inauguration of the YMCA building...
Russian prisoners stand outside the gaily decorated YMCA building, which is festooned with strings o...
Russian prisoners assemble in the snow in the prison compound at Wieselburg for Christmas celebratio...
An unidentified WPA secretary poses with a group of ten Russian prisoners of war in an unknown Austr...
Russian prisoners stand in front of the YMCA building in the prison camp at Spratzern. The building...
Russian prisoners sit on in one of the classrooms of the YMCA building at Wieselburg with an unident...