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Vintage illustration of a Internment camp for civilians on the racecourse of Ruhleben 1914 - 1918 #204717039
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Harmsworth`s Universal Encyclopaedia 1920s - Social History. Ruhleben Prison Camp near Berlin was a civilian detention camp during the First World War. The former horse racecourse housed in the region of 4,000 to 5,000 predominantly British prisoners, who were generally citizens living, working or on holiday in Germany at the outbreak of war. From a sketch by a British prisoners.
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