Ruhleben: A Prison Camp Society

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"Ruhleben internment camp was a civilian detention camp during World War I. It was located in Ruhleben, then a village 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west of Berlin, now split between the districts of Spandau and Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The camp was originally a horse racecourse ... The camp detainees included male citizens of the Allied Powers living, studying, working or on holiday in Germany at the outbreak of World War I. They also included the crews of several civilian ships stranded in German harbours or captured at sea. There were also quite a number of fishermen captured from trawlers which were sunk in the North Sea in the first days of the war - these were mainly men from Hull, Grimsby and Boston. The camp contained between 4,000 and 5,500 prisoners, most of them British."--Wikipedia. Cover Title Copyright Dedication Foreword Contents Preface PART I / INTRODUCTION Introduction PART II / CRISIS AND SOLIDARITY 1. A Racecourse near Berlin 2. November 1914: The First Three Weeks 3. The Achievement of Solidarity 4. Rumours and Morale PART III/ SETTLEMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING 5. The Winter of 1914-15 6. Community Structure: The Barracks 7. Ruhleben's Families: The Boxes PART IV / EXPANSION 8. Physical Improvements: Physical and Mental Health 9. The First Spring and Summer 10. The Explosion of Activity 11. The Organized Camp 12. The World of Sport 13. Education, the Arts, Religion 14. Camp Roles, Leadership, and Status 15. Government and Politics 16. Life in the New Society PART V / STABILITY 17. The Long Years: 1916 and 1917 PART VI / POSTSCRIPT. By Robert B. MacLeod I. The End of the Ruhleben Story II. Implications: Sociological and Psychological J. DAVIDSON KETCHUM. By D. 0. Hebb INDEX INDEX OF SUBJECTS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y INDEX OF NAMES A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T U V W