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Creation Date
1-8-1917
Description
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'Affairs; 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.
Keywords
Austria-Hungary, Austria, Purgstall, Camp Order, Quarters, Administrative Buildings, YMCA, Welfare, Religion, Christmas, Music, Band, Choir, YMCA Secretary, Russian POWs, Austrian Officers, World War 1914-1918