Mary Evans Civilian internment camp at Ruhleben 10694153

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Picture No	10694153
Date	1915
Description	Civilian internment camp at Ruhleben
Details	Incidents in the life at the civilian internment camp at Ruhleben, showing an engraver's kiosk and the office for distributing the eagerly-awaited parcels from England. The Ruhleben camp was located about 10km west of Berlin and was originally a racecourse. It was converted during the First World War to accommodate around 5000 civilians (mainly British) who were in Germany at the outbreak of war, as well as captured crew of fishing trawlers and other civilian ships. The German authorities adhered to the Geneva Convention and the detainees in the camp were allowed to administer their own affairs, with a postal service, police force and library.
Source	Photograph in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 6 November 1915
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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