• This photograph shows the interior of the Roman Catholic chapel at Muenster III, including the altar, organ, communion rail, and confession box. Access to a priest and church services provided the prisoners with considerable spiritual comfort during their prison ordeal. Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenenlagern, Zweite Folge, 1916, 113.

Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenenlagern, Zweite Folge, 1916, 113.

From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer

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