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1. Game of Chess at Ruhleben

Notes:: Interned civilians pass their afternoon watching a game of chess between two prisoners on lounge chairs in the prison camp at Ruhleben. The camp fence is behind the spectators and a German guard watches from a stand between the wires in the background.
Date Created:: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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2. Entrance to the Compound at Ruhleben

Notes:: Interned British civilians enter the main compound at Ruhleben through the gates after an afternoon of sports and recreation on the race track.
Date Created:: 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
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3. The "Bird Cage" at Ruhleben

Notes:: This drawing shows the "Bird Cage," a building near the tea house which housed pro-German British civilians. They lived segregated from the other prisoners in the camp at Ruhleben because of their political sympathies. The German government considered these men enemy aliens, although many spent most of their lives in Germany.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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4. German Military Guard at Ruhleben

Notes:: A squad of German guards stand at attention on the race course at the prison camp at Ruhleben. Graf von Schwerin, the camp commandant, and Graf von Taube join the photograph.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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5. Attempts at Security in Ruhleben

Notes:: While self-government was the foundation of life and camp discipline at the prison camp at Ruhleben, the Germans still spied on the internees to find out what they were doing. In this drawing, a German guard peers through the keyhole to watch men play cards by candlelight.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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6. An Attempted Escape from Ruhleben

Notes:: A German sentry, depicted by his shadow in the snow, intercepts two British internees attempting to scale the fence at the prison camp at Ruhleben. One prisoner, still carrying his satchel, hangs helplessly from the top of a post, while the other sits in the snow.
Date Created:: 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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