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Germany: Prisoners, including: Conditions for British civilian prisoners in Germany,...

Catalogue reference: FO 383/140

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This record is about the Germany: Prisoners, including: Conditions for British civilian prisoners in Germany,... dating from 1916 in the series Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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FO 383/140
Date
1916
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Germany: Prisoners, including:

Conditions for British civilian prisoners in Germany, including:

  • Theodore Kleine: his return to Australia via Britain.
  • Remittance to Mr Asher at Ruhleben from The Committee for the Relief of Interned British Jews in Germany.
  • Ernest Breakwell: he contradicts complaints of ill-treatment in Dr Weiler's Sanatorium. Weekly or monthly reports on the sanatorium requested for the use of the Sub-Committee for Civilian Prisoners of War. Fees charged at the sanatorium.
  • William H Herbert, interned at Ruhleben.
  • Cricket requisites for Ruhleben Camp.
  • William Stanley Crosier, interned at Ruhleben: non-delivery of parcels.
  • Tobacco and clothing supplies for Ruhleben.
  • British subjects in Germany who are stated to have applied for naturalisation as German subjects.
  • Issue of emergency passports to British subjects in Germany.
  • Ruhleben magazine: 'Camp News'.
  • G Mahnke, interned at Ruhleben: his reported pro-German sympathies. Australian Government has no objection to Mrs Mahnke returning to Australia.
  • Return from Germany of alleged British subjects.
  • Siegmund Fiedler, released from Germany: particulars concerning him received from High Commissioner for Australia.
  • Gabriel Hohoff, detained in Dr Weiler's Sanatorium.
  • Parcels sent to Ruhleben.
  • Israel Cohen, civilian prisoner at Ruhleben.
  • Victor Thompson: his release from Ruhleben.
  • Mrs Barbara Roux, released from Germany.
  • Mrs Kitty Dwarkades (born Alberta Kate Elsie Clark), British subject, expelled from Germany. Includes her birth certificate.
  • Joseph and Moses Gelin, British subjects in Germany, wish to proceed to Canada.
  • List of 10 British civilian prisoners who were released from Ruhleben on 6 April 1916 (in docket no.79113).
  • Davidson Ketchum, Canadian prisoner at Ruhleben; his uncle, N F Davidson, complains of inaccuracies in report on Ruhleben Camp written by Mr Gerard, United States Ambassador at Berlin.
  • Dental requiremets at Ruhleben.
  • Conditions of diet and nutrition at Ruhleben.
  • Wallace Ellison and G Ettlinger, British civilians imprisoned in the Municipal Prison at Berlin for attempting to escape from Ruhleben.

Code 1218 File 54 (papers 49575-103480).

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
File 54 (pp.49575-103480).
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