YMCA Garden Show to Ruhleben

Notes:

The YMCA encouraged civilian internees at Ruhleben to plant gardens outside their barracks to improve the appearance of the camp and to give the prisoners projects to help them pass their idle time while in captivity. The Ruhleben Horticultural Society provided prizes to the best garden in this April 1917 competition.

Date Created:

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Ruhleben, Entertainment, Gardening, YMCA, British Internees, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "The Red Triangle Bulletin," No. 23 (4 January 1918): 4.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/641