Ruhleben (Concentration camp)
Variant namesRuhleben B.C.I. Camp was established after outbreak of WWI on site of racetrack outside Berlin and was in operation until Armistice Day. Largest number of civilians interned at its peak was 4,500. Included some French and Italians, no females. Internees established their own camp organization, mail service, sports clubs, cultural, educational programs, hygienic measures. Best study: Ruhleben: A Prison Camp Society, by Davidson Ketchum (1965).
From the description of Records, 1914-1937. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047322
Archival Resources
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| referencedIn | Brown, Percy, 1885-. Percy Brown papers, 1914-1967. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| referencedIn | Cornforth, Christopher. Album, 1916. | HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library | |
| referencedIn | Sevier,. Sevier Family papers. | Brotherton Library, University of Leeds | |
| referencedIn | Collection of Ruhleben civilian internment camp papers, 1914-1937 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Masterman, J.C. (John Cecil), 1891-. Sir John Masterman collection of Ruhleben British Civilian internment camp documents 1914-1919 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| creatorOf | Ruhleben (Concentration camp). Records, 1914-1937. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Cornforth, Christopher. Album, 1916. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Collection of Ruhleben British Civilian internment camp documents, 1914 - 1919. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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| associatedWith | Brown, Percy, 1885- | person |
| associatedWith | Cornforth, Christopher. | person |
| associatedWith | Cornforth, Christopher. | person |
| associatedWith | Ettinghausen, Maurice, | person |
| associatedWith | J. C. (John Cecil) Masterman | person |
| associatedWith | Masterman, J. C. 1891- | person |
| associatedWith | Masterman, J.C. (John Cecil), 1891- | person |
| associatedWith | Sevier, | family |
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| World War, 1914-1918 -Prisoners and prisons, German |
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