Soup Line at Ruhleben

Notes:

Civilian internees assigned to Barrack 5 at the prison camp in Ruhleben line up with their soup buckets for their ration of cabbage soup at the camp kitchen. Note the bars across the window of the kitchen, designed to improve internal security.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Ruhleben, Nutrition, Camp Kitchen, Rations, Meals, British Internees, German Guards, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Henry Mahoney, "Interned in Germany," London: Sampson, Low, Marsten, and Company, 1918, 62B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/637