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Creation Date
1916
Description
The stringed orchestra performs during the Christmas service in the YMCA building in Braunau-am-Inn in 1916. Note the extensive decorations in the building which include garland, paper chains, pine boughs, and a large, decorated Christmas tree behind the stage. There are Christmas presents on the floor to the right of the stage, near a phonograph. Association secretaries went to great lengths to provide POW's with Christmas cheer at a time when many prisoners suffered from depression and home sickness.
Keywords
Austria-Hungary, Austria, Braunau-am-Inn, Camp Order, Administrative Building, YMCA, Religion, Religious Service, Christmas, Music, Orchestra, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918