Collection of Ruhleben civilian internment camp papers 1914-1937

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Collection of Ruhleben civilian internment camp papers 1914-1937

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Records and papers relating to a German World War Iinternment camp for male civilians. The camp was established at theRuhleben Trabrennbahn (horse racetrack) two miles outside ofBerlin.

6.7 linear feet; 16 boxes

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 6385692

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Ettinghausen, Maurice L. (Maurice Léon)

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Ruhleben Gefangenenlager (British Civilian Internment Camp) was established after the outbreak of the First World War at a racetrack in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin, and remained in operation until Armistice Day, 1918. At its peak, the camp held some 4,500 male civilians of military age who had been living or traveling in Germany when war was declared. Prisoners were housed in stalls originally intended for racehorses. Most internees were British, but there were also other nationalit...

James Watson's

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Ruhleben British Civilian Internment Camp.

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Ettinghausen, Maurice.

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Castang, Reuben

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Ruhleben Association

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Cecil Duncan Jones

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Ruhleben Gefangenenlager.

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Ruhleben Daily News.

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Ruhleben (Concentration camp)

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Ruhleben 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, 1914-193...