The civilian internees at Ruhleben constructed elaborate trellises for their flower gardens which improved the appearance of the camp and gave the internees a hobby to pass their time. Note the clothing in the background handing out to dry on the clothes line.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1639/thumbnail.jp
Map of the prison camp at Ruhleben showing the layout of the facility including the barracks, wash h...
French prisoners at Friedrichsfeld sit on benches, enjoying the sun in their garden in front of thei...
Prisoners of war are busy washing their laundry outdoors on the Hauptstrasse (Main Street) of the pr...
British civilian internees participated in competitions to improve the appearance of the camp by cul...
The YMCA encouraged civilian internees at Ruhleben to plant gardens outside their barracks to improv...
The Ruhleben Horticultural Society constructed a greehouse on the grounds of the prison camp at Ruhl...
A view of the interior of the greenhouse that the members of the Ruhleben Horticultural Society cons...
The Ruhleben Horticultural Society presented a Spring Flower Show on Easter Saturday, 30 March 1918,...
French prisoners plant flowers in a small garden outside of their barracks in a wooded section of th...
Russian prisoners-of-war stand near an artistic garden plot which depicts a German iron cross with o...
A group of Russian prisoners of war work in their gardens at an unidentified Austrian prison camp. ...
The prisoners often planted flower gardens to decorate their surroundings and provide a pastime, whi...
Aerial view of the prison camp at Ruhleben which housed British and Commonwealth interned civilians ...
British internees with artistic talent or interests could paint and draw in the art studio in Ruhleb...
Civilian internees assigned to Barrack 5 at the prison camp in Ruhleben line up with their soup buck...
Map of the prison camp at Ruhleben showing the layout of the facility including the barracks, wash h...
French prisoners at Friedrichsfeld sit on benches, enjoying the sun in their garden in front of thei...
Prisoners of war are busy washing their laundry outdoors on the Hauptstrasse (Main Street) of the pr...
British civilian internees participated in competitions to improve the appearance of the camp by cul...
The YMCA encouraged civilian internees at Ruhleben to plant gardens outside their barracks to improv...
The Ruhleben Horticultural Society constructed a greehouse on the grounds of the prison camp at Ruhl...
A view of the interior of the greenhouse that the members of the Ruhleben Horticultural Society cons...
The Ruhleben Horticultural Society presented a Spring Flower Show on Easter Saturday, 30 March 1918,...
French prisoners plant flowers in a small garden outside of their barracks in a wooded section of th...
Russian prisoners-of-war stand near an artistic garden plot which depicts a German iron cross with o...
A group of Russian prisoners of war work in their gardens at an unidentified Austrian prison camp. ...
The prisoners often planted flower gardens to decorate their surroundings and provide a pastime, whi...
Aerial view of the prison camp at Ruhleben which housed British and Commonwealth interned civilians ...
British internees with artistic talent or interests could paint and draw in the art studio in Ruhleb...
Civilian internees assigned to Barrack 5 at the prison camp in Ruhleben line up with their soup buck...
Map of the prison camp at Ruhleben showing the layout of the facility including the barracks, wash h...
French prisoners at Friedrichsfeld sit on benches, enjoying the sun in their garden in front of thei...
Prisoners of war are busy washing their laundry outdoors on the Hauptstrasse (Main Street) of the pr...