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

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Ruhleben, Entertainment, Games, Camp Order, Security, 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: "The Times History of the War," 6 (1915): 256.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/689