Correvon

Charles Correvon, the minister of the French Church in Frankfurt-am-Main.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

With the outbreak of World War I, Correvon received a general permit from the Ministry of War to visit prison camps with French Protestants.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Correvon wrote a book about German prison camps, Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenenlagern: Eindrücke eines Seelsorges, Dritte Folge, in 1916, which was also translated into French.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Pastor Correvon and a Roman Catholic priest in Darmstadt took an active interest in WPA operations.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Accompanied by Pastor Charles Correvon, Rutgers visited the prison camp and concluded that prisoner of war relief would overwhelm the resources of the Dutch YMCA, especially since that Association was conducting relief services for British and Belgian soldiers interned in Holland in addition to the war work provided to mobilized Dutch troops.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

A Swiss pastor, Correvon became the President of the Geneva Association in 1878.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

By the early 1890's, Correvon moved to Germany where he became the pastor of the French Church in Frankfurt-am-Main and a naturalized German subject.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

At the Eighth World's Conference, in Geneva the same year, Correvon established his expertise in Bible study.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Correvon was born in Switzerland, but had become a naturalized German subject, and held a general permit to visit all prison camps that contained French Protestants.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Charles Correvon, Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangene-Lagern: Dritte Folge;

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008