Germany: Prisoners, including: Applications from prisoners for their release, including:...

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Applications from prisoners for their release, including:

• F W Steege, Manager of the Hamburg Branch of the Standard Bank of South Africa, interned at Ruhleben: repatriation hoped for, as many German invalid civilians had been repatriated recently.
• George Peters Forrester, interned at Ruhleben: distressed to discover he is not legally a British subject; request for help; view that, as his career has been closely associated with Germany, HM Government cannot authorise his return to Britain.
• Dr G Layton, interned at Ruhleben: pressure by HM Government for his release as a member of the Belgian Red Cross Society.
• Arthur Lean, interned at Ruhleben: investigation into prospect of his repatriation because of ill-health.
• Freegrove W Winzer, British subject interned at Ruhleben: request for his release as a member of the Belgian Red Cross Society.
• Richard H Carrad, interned at Ruhleben: report that the only exchanges occurring are those of civilian prisoners totally unfit for military service.
• Gordon Stewart Nicoll, interned at Ruhleben: Germans refusal to release him unless the British release some young Germans.
• Vincent Pearson, interned at Ruhleben.
• Robert Forbes, interned at Ruhleben.

Provision of artificial limbs for prisoners.

British Military Fund in Germany.

Captain E A von der Osten, British Canadian subject interned at Fürstenberg.

Relief for Germans in the former German South West Africa, including:

• Transmission of telegrams to the Land Bank of South West Africa.
• Payment of German civil and military officials.
• Treatment of German civilians and certain officials.
• Position of banks in South West Africa.
• Treatment of Germans interned in South West Africa.
• Repatriation of Germans, including ill, disabled and destitute, from South West Africa.
• Proceedings against Oberleutnant Venuleth for shooting two 'natives': evidence found just insufficient by court and so he was acquitted.
• Return of German subjects to South West Africa.
• Pensions of dependants of deceased officials.
• Transmission of one million marks to Landwirtschaftsbank South West Africa.
• Need of the Agricultural Bank (Landwirtschaftsbank) at Windhuk (Windhoek) for money to meet its obligations.
• Administration of relief by Regierungsrat Dr Kastl of Windhuk (Windhoek).

Code 1218 Files 612 (papers 47824-end)-629 (to paper 94015).

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Internment

International

Litigation

Europe and Russia

Pay and pensions

Race relations

Nationality

Communications

Farming

Africa