from the University of Toronto. A copy may be found at http://archive.org/
details/historyofruhlebe00poweuoft.
7. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 30.
8. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 30, his reference no. 36.
9. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
10. James W. Gerard, My Four Years in Germany, BiblioBazaar, (2007). ISBN-10
0554117665, ISBN-13 978-0554117669. Also online at http://net.lib.byu.
edu/estu/wwi/memoir/Gerard/4yrs3.htm.
11. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 2.
12. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), pp. 32–34.
13. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 35.
14. Ruhleben lay between the boroughs of Charlottenburg and Spandau.
15. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 31.
16. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 1.
17. The necessary information being gathered some weeks earlier. Stibbe, op. cit.
(note 6), p. 3.
18. The Reich Office of Interior. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 41.
19. Schweinhunde! Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 42.
20. Gerard, op. cit. (note 10), p. 312.
21. Some were taken to another jail, the Plötzensee.
22. Some of those domiciled in Berlin, such as Mr. Joseph Powell, later to
become a barrack representative and then Captain of the camp, insisted that
they should travel by taxi, at their own expense, but they did so with
Landsturm men (irregular forces) armed to the teeth sitting in the front!
Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 5.
23. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 43. We have no idea if Emily was involved here,
but with two small children—one a babe in arms—it seems unlikely, as the
spectacle would have been incomprehensible and too distressing for them.
24. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 44.
25. From the Preface, The History of Ruhleben, Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6).
26. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 3.
27. The American Embassy, who now became responsible for Allied prisoners in
Germany, tried to help here. Gerard, op. cit. (note 10) writes; ‘In the
beginning of the war the Germans were surprised by the great number of prisoners
taken and had made no adequate preparation for their reception. Clothing and
blankets were woefully wanting so I immediately bought up what I could in the
way of underclothes and blankets at the large department stores of Berlin … and
sent these to the camps where the British prisoners were confined.’
28. ‘Ill-treatment of British Prisoners’, The Times, 22 March 1915, p. 7.
29. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 67. See his reference no. 60.
30. Prisoners regarded this as vastly inferior to the white doughy loaves baked and
sent to the camp from the British Red Cross in Switzerland and Denmark.
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details/historyofruhlebe00poweuoft.
7. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 30.
8. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 30, his reference no. 36.
9. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
10. James W. Gerard, My Four Years in Germany, BiblioBazaar, (2007). ISBN-10
0554117665, ISBN-13 978-0554117669. Also online at http://net.lib.byu.
edu/estu/wwi/memoir/Gerard/4yrs3.htm.
11. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 2.
12. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), pp. 32–34.
13. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 35.
14. Ruhleben lay between the boroughs of Charlottenburg and Spandau.
15. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 31.
16. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 1.
17. The necessary information being gathered some weeks earlier. Stibbe, op. cit.
(note 6), p. 3.
18. The Reich Office of Interior. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 41.
19. Schweinhunde! Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 42.
20. Gerard, op. cit. (note 10), p. 312.
21. Some were taken to another jail, the Plötzensee.
22. Some of those domiciled in Berlin, such as Mr. Joseph Powell, later to
become a barrack representative and then Captain of the camp, insisted that
they should travel by taxi, at their own expense, but they did so with
Landsturm men (irregular forces) armed to the teeth sitting in the front!
Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 5.
23. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 43. We have no idea if Emily was involved here,
but with two small children—one a babe in arms—it seems unlikely, as the
spectacle would have been incomprehensible and too distressing for them.
24. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 44.
25. From the Preface, The History of Ruhleben, Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6).
26. Powell, op. cit. (note 6), p. 3.
27. The American Embassy, who now became responsible for Allied prisoners in
Germany, tried to help here. Gerard, op. cit. (note 10) writes; ‘In the
beginning of the war the Germans were surprised by the great number of prisoners
taken and had made no adequate preparation for their reception. Clothing and
blankets were woefully wanting so I immediately bought up what I could in the
way of underclothes and blankets at the large department stores of Berlin … and
sent these to the camps where the British prisoners were confined.’
28. ‘Ill-treatment of British Prisoners’, The Times, 22 March 1915, p. 7.
29. Stibbe, op. cit. (note 6), p. 67. See his reference no. 60.
30. Prisoners regarded this as vastly inferior to the white doughy loaves baked and
sent to the camp from the British Red Cross in Switzerland and Denmark.
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