Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity'
The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations
during World War I, 1914-1923.
by Kenneth Steuer

Table of Contents


Introduction
Chapter 1"Evangelizing the World" Chapter 2The American YMCA Mobilizes Chapter 3The U.S. and POW Responsibilities Chapter 4American YMCA POW Diplomacy Chapter 5Association Diplomacy Extends Chapter 6American Secretaries in Germany Chapter 7Expanding WPA Work in Germany Chapter 8"Keeping Body and Soul Together" Chapter 9Operations in Austria-Hungary Chapter 10Phildius Relief Work in Bulgaria Chapter 11Political Prisoners, Labor Detachments Chapter 12The United States Enters the War Chapter 13The Arrival of Neutral Secretaries Chapter 14POWs in Germany Chapter 15Allied Relief in the Ottoman Empire Chapter 16Armistice and Restoration of Service Chapter 17Post-War WPA Operations Chapter 18Countering the Bolshevik Threat Chapter 19Conclusion
Glossary Maps

Appendix A

Prison Camps

Media Index >> Appendix A: Prison Camps >> Turkey >> Ras_elAin

Turkish Prision Camps



Ras_elAin

RAS EL'AIN: The Turks interned enemy aliens and POW's in Ras el'Ain during the Great War. The town was located in the Vilayet of Aleppo in northwestern Mesopotamia. Ras el'Ain was situated on the Khabur River, sixty-five miles south-southeast of Ourfa and seventy-one miles west of Nisibin. The Turks sent British prisoners of war from Afion Karahissar to Ras el'Ain in August 1917 to work on the railroad line from Aleppo across the Syrian Desert.