Parcel Post Office at Ruhleben

Notes:

British internees wait outside the parcel post office window to pick up packages from their families or friends. The Germans had to inspect the parcels for contraband before turning the packages over to the prisoners.

Date Created:

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Ruhleben, Post, Parcels, Camp Order, Administrative Buildings, British Internees, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Israel Cohen, "The Ruhleben Camp," London: Methuen and Company, 1917, 182B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/654