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Creation Date
1916
Description
A student recites his lesson for the school master in this unidentified prison camp school. Red Triangle secretaries convinced Austro-Hungarian officials to segregate boys from the main POW populations and establish schools to educate them. YMCA secretaries helped to organize and supervise these schools. The Association's goal was to educate these boys and make them prosperous citizens in the new post-war Europe.
Keywords
Austria-Hungary, Education, School, Classroom, Studying, YMCA, Russian POWs, Serbian POWs, World War 1914-1918