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Ruhleben internment camp

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Ruhleben internment camp was a civilian detention camp in Germany during World War I. It was located in Ruhleben, a former Vorwerk manor to the west of Berlin, now split between the districts of Spandau and Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. [1]

53 relations: Arthur Benjamin, Benjamin Dale, Berliner SV 1892, Blaenffos, Boston Cemetery, Boston, Lincolnshire, Charles Drummond Ellis, Charles Fryatt, Edgar Bainton, Edward Clark (conductor), Edwin Dutton, Ernest MacMillan, Fred Pentland, Frederick Charles Adler, Frederick Keel, Geoffrey Pyke, George Merritt (actor), Harry Edward, Holzminden internment camp, Ifor Leslie Evans, In Prison, James Chadwick, James Postlethwaite, Jascha Spivakovsky, John Brearley, John Cameron (footballer, born 1872), John Cecil Masterman, John Masefield, Leicester Square, List of concentration and internment camps, List of Olympic venues in modern pentathlon, List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany, List of publications by Fred Melville, List of Summer Olympics venues: Q–R, Michael Pease, Pease family, Percy Hull, Prince Monolulu, R. M. "Bertie" Smyllie, Roland Bocquet, Ruhleben, Sam Wolstenholme, Sefton Delmer, Sennelager, SS Colchester, SS San Wilfrido (1914), Steve Bloomer, The Mikado, To Ruhleben – And Back, Tom Sullivan (rower), ..., Westend (Berlin), Winthrop Pickard Bell, 1936 Summer Olympics. Expand index (3 more) »

Arthur Benjamin

Arthur Leslie Benjamin (Sydney, 18 September 1893London, 10 April 1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.

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Benjamin Dale

Benjamin James Dale (17 July 188530 July 1943) was an English composer and academic who had a long association with the Royal Academy of Music.

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Berliner SV 1892

Berliner SV 1892 is a German association football club from the district of Wilmersdorf, Berlin.

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Blaenffos

Blaenffos is a small village of around 200 inhabitants in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Boncath.

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Boston Cemetery

Boston Cemetery is a cemetery located in Boston, Lincolnshire in England.

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Boston, Lincolnshire

Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England, approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of London.

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Charles Drummond Ellis

Sir Charles Drummond Ellis (b.Hampstead, 11 August 1895; died Cookham 10 January 1980) was an English physicist and scientific administrator.

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Charles Fryatt

Charles Algernon Fryatt (2 December 1872 – 27 July 1916) was a British mariner who was executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a U-boat in 1915.

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Edgar Bainton

Edgar Leslie Bainton (14 February 18808 December 1956) was a British-born, latterly Australian-resident composer.

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Edward Clark (conductor)

Thomas Edward Clark (10 May 188830 April 1962) was an English conductor and music producer for the BBC.

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Edwin Dutton

Edwin Dutton (8 April 1890 – 24 May 1972) was an Anglo-German footballer and coach.

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Ernest MacMillan

Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, (August 18, 1893 – May 6, 1973) was a Canadian orchestral conductor and composer, and Canada's only "Musical Knight".

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Fred Pentland

Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland (29 July 1883 – 16 March 1962) was an English football player and coach.

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Frederick Charles Adler

Frederick Charles Adler (usually known as F. Charles Adler) (born on 2 July 1889 in London and died 16 February 1959 in Vienna) was an English-German conductor.

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Frederick Keel

James Frederick Keel (8 May 18719 August 1954) was an English composer of art songs, baritone singer and academic.

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Geoffrey Pyke

Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke (9 November 1893 – 21 February 1948 was an English journalist, educationalist, and later an inventor whose clever, but unorthodox, ideas could be difficult to implement. Pyke came to public attention when he escaped from internment in Germany during World War I. He had travelled to Germany under a false passport, and was soon arrested and interned. Pyke is particularly remembered for his innovative proposals for weapons of war, most especially the material pykrete and the proposed construction of the ship Habakkuk from it.

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George Merritt (actor)

Frederick George Merritt (10 December 1890 – 27 September 1977) was an English theatre, film and television actor, often in authoritarian roles.

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Harry Edward

Harry Francis Vincent Edward (15 April 1898 – 8 July 1973) was a British runner.

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Holzminden internment camp

Holzminden internment camp was a large World War I detention camp (Internierungslager) located on the outskirts of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1914 to 1918.

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Ifor Leslie Evans

Ifor Leslie Evans (17 January 1897 – 31 May 1952) was a Welsh academic and Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth from 1934 until 1952.

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In Prison

In Prison is a 1915 song by composer Frederick Keel, composed in 1915 in the civilian Ruhleben internment camp on the former racecourse in Berlin where Keel was interned along with other artists and musicians including Edgar Bainton, Ernest MacMillan, Leigh Henry and Benjamin Dale.

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James Chadwick

Sir James Chadwick, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932.

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James Postlethwaite

James Postlethwaite was a schooner, launched in 1881.

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Jascha Spivakovsky

Jascha Spivakovsky (18 August 1896 – 23 March 1970) was a Ukrainian-Australian piano virtuoso of the 20th century.

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John Brearley

John Brearley (October 1875 – 1944) was an English association football player and manager.

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John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)

John Cameron (13 April 1872 in Ayr, Scotland – 20 April 1935 in Glasgow) was a Scottish footballer and manager.

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John Cecil Masterman

Sir John Cecil Masterman OBE (12 January 1891 – 6 June 1977) was a noted academic, sportsman and author.

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John Masefield

John Edward Masefield (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) English poet and writer, was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930.

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Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England.

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List of concentration and internment camps

This is a list of internment and concentration camps, organized by country.

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List of Olympic venues in modern pentathlon

For the Summer Olympics, there are 88 venues that have been or will be used for modern pentathlon.

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List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany

This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict.

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List of publications by Fred Melville

This is a list of publications by Fred Melville.

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List of Summer Olympics venues: Q–R

For the Summer Olympics, there are four venues starting with the letter 'Q' and 29 venues starting with the letter 'R'.

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Michael Pease

Michael Stewart Pease OBE 11 June 1966, p6542 (2 October 1890 – 27 July 1966) was a British classical geneticist at Cambridge University.

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Pease family

The Pease family is an English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington, County Durham, and North Yorkshire, descended from Edward Pease of Darlington (1711–1785).

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Percy Hull

Sir Percy Clarke Hull (27 October 1878 in Hereford, England – 31 August 1968 in Farnham Surrey) was an English organist and composer who revived the Three Choirs Festival during his time as organist of Hereford Cathedral from 1918 to 1949.

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Prince Monolulu

Ras Prince Monolulu (26 October 1881 – 14 February 1965), whose real name was Peter Carl Mackay (or McKay), was a horse-racing tipster, and something of an institution on the British racing scene from the 1920s until the time of his death.

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R. M. "Bertie" Smyllie

Robert Maire Smyllie (1893 – 11 September 1954), known as Bertie Smyllie, was editor of The Irish Times from 1934 until his death in 1954.

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Roland Bocquet

Roland Bocquet (3 June 1878 – 16 October 1956) was a British composer, pianist and teacher who for most of his career was based in the city of Dresden, and is chiefly associated with the composition of German Lieder.

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Ruhleben

This is a disambiguation page.

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Sam Wolstenholme

Samuel "Sam" Wolstenholme (1878 in Little Lever – 28 January 1933 in Wigan) was an English footballer who played for, among others Everton, Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City and England.

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Sefton Delmer

Denis Sefton Delmer (24 May 1904 – 4 September 1979) was a British journalist of Australian heritage and propagandist for the British government.

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Sennelager

Sennelager is a village in Germany that forms part of the City of Paderborn.

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SS Colchester

TSS Colchester was a passenger vessel built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1888.

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SS San Wilfrido (1914)

SS San Wilfrido was a steam-powered British tanker which was built in 1914 by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, in the Low Walker yard.

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Steve Bloomer

Stephen Bloomer (20 January 1874 – 16 April 1938) was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County - becoming their record goalscorer - and Middlesbrough.

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The Mikado

The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations.

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To Ruhleben – And Back

To Ruhleben – And Back is Geoffrey Pyke's memoir of his experiences in the Ruhleben internment camp.

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Tom Sullivan (rower)

Thomas Sullivan (18 September 1868 – 1949) was a New Zealand amateur rowing and sculling champion who later turned professional and challenged for the World Sculling Championship title.

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Westend (Berlin)

Westend is a locality of the Berlin borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in Germany.

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Winthrop Pickard Bell

Winthrop Pickard Bell (May 12, 1884 – April 4, 1965) was a Canadian academic who taught philosophy at the University of Toronto and Harvard.

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1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhleben_internment_camp

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