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Informationen zum Autor Matthew Stibbe is Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University Klappentext This book tells the forgotten story of four to five thousand British civilians who were interned at the Ruhleben camp near Berlin during the First World War. Together they formed a unique community in the heart of enemy territory, based on a diverse and extremely rich culture of enduring significance. Zusammenfassung This book tells the forgotten story of four to five thousand British civilians who were interned at the Ruhleben camp near Berlin during the First World War. Together they formed a unique community in the heart of enemy territory! based on a diverse and extremely rich culture of enduring significance. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1 The politics of alien internment in Germany2 Inside Ruhleben I: administration and physical conditions3 Inside Ruhleben II: the prisoner community4 Relief, punishments and reprisals5 The end of internment6 Ruhleben in British memoryConclusionAppendixBibliographyIndex