Description: PRISONS & PRISONERS OF WORLD WAR 1 (WW1) RARE BOOK & MAGAZINE COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ A truly unique and fascinating collection of over 50 out-of-print books and rare magazines compiled together for the first time on one DVD covering all aspects of PRISONS & PRISONERS OF WORLD WAR 1. Read the true stories of civilians and soldiers captured by the ‘Huns’ both at the outbreak and during World War 1. Learn about their lives as captives in German prison and concentration camps. Discover everyday camp life, the personal experiences of the prisoners and their daring escapes from captivity. The collection is split into 3 categories. The first is a compilation of 29 hard-to-find books on numerous WW1 prisons and prisoners in German territory. Secondly, a collection of 11 out-of-print books specifically dealing with the Ruhleben Camp – a civilian detention camp, situated just over 6 miles to the West of Berlin. Finally, the collection also includes 16 fascinating volumes of “In Ruhleben Camp” and “The Ruhleben Camp Magazine”. Magazines created and published by the prisoners themselves. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material for anyone with an interest in prisoners of war and prison camp life during WW1! This superb compilation of 56 vintage books and magazines on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here! An absolute must have collection of literature for any World War 1 researcher or enthusiast. The full list of titles included speaks for itself…. The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows: WW1 Prisoners & Prisons - Book Collection: 13 days, the chronicle of an escape from a German prison by J. Caunter (1918) A guest of the Kaiser - the plain story of a lucky soldier by A. Gibbons (1919) Behind the German lines, a narrative of the everyday life of an American prisoner of war by R. E. Ellinwood (1920) Captivity and escape by J. Martin (1917) Captured - sixteen months as a prisoner of war by J. H. Douglas (1918) En represailles par E. L. Blanchet (1918) (French Text) Escaped! Adventures in German captivity by W. Ellison (1918) Escaping from Germany by E. Page (1919) Five months on a German raider - being the adventures of an Englishman captured by the Wolf by F. G. Trayes (1919) In German gaols - a narrative of two years' captivity in German East Africa by E. F. Spanton (1917) In kultured kaptivity, life and death in Germany's prison camps and hospitals by I. Rossiter (1918) Map of the main prison camps in Germany and Austria by U. B. Pope-Hennessy (1920) My German prisons, being the experiences of an officer during two and a half years as a prisoner of war by H. G. Gilliland (1918) Out of the jaws of Hunland by F. McMullen (1918) Outwitting the Hun - my escape from a German prison camp by P. O'Brien (1918) Prisoner of war by A. Warnod (1916) Prisoners of the great war; authoritative statement of conditions in the prison camps of Germany by C. P. Dennett (1919) Ten months in a German raider - a prisoner of war aboard the Wolf by J. S. Cameron (1918) The better Germany in war time by H. W. Picton (1918) The escape of a Princess Pat; being the full account of the capture and fifteen months imprisonment of Corporal Edwards by G. E. Pearson (1918) The Kaiser's guest by F. C. MacDonald (1918) The prisoner of war in Germany by D. J. McArthy (1917) The prisoners of Mainz by A. Waugh (1919) The tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue) by H. G. Durnford (1920) The Wooden city; a journal for British prisoners of war (July 1915 - Feb. 1916) Three times and out, told by Private Simmons by N. L. McClung (1918) Three years a prisoner in Germany by J. C. Thorn (1919) Two years' captivity in German East Africa, being the personal experiences of Surgeon E. C. H., royal navy by E. C. Holtom (1919) Wounded and a prisoner of war by M. V. Hay (1916) The Ruhleben Camp - Book Collection: Desperate Germany by E. L. Pyke (1918) In Ruhleben, letters from a prisoner to his mother, with an account of the university life, classes, sports, good, accommodation, etc. by D. Sladen (1917) In the hand of the Huns, being the reminiscences of a British Civil Prisoner of War, 1914-1915 by unknown author (1916) Interned in Germany by H. C. Mahoney (1918) My visit to Ruhleben - with a plan of the camp by H. Bury (1917) Poems written at Ruhleben by T. Philip (1920) Ruhleben poems by J. Balfour (1919) Sixteen months in four German prisons - Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by H. Mahoney (1917) The history of Ruhleben - a record of British organisation in a prison camp in Germany by J. Powell (1919) The Ruhleben prison camp - a record of nineteen months' internment by I. Cohen (1917) To Ruhleben and back, a great adventure in three phases by G. Pyke (1916) The Ruhleben Camp - Magazine Collection: In Ruhleben Camp (June 1915 - No. 1) In Ruhleben Camp (June 1915 - No. 2) In Ruhleben Camp (July 1915 - No. 3) In Ruhleben Camp (July 1915 - The Ruhleben Bye-Election Ed.) In Ruhleben Camp (August 1915 - No. 4) In Ruhleben Camp (August 1915 - No. 5) In Ruhleben Camp (August 1915 - No. 6) In Ruhleben Camp (September 1915 - No. 7) In Ruhleben Camp (September 1915 - No. 8) In Ruhleben Camp (October 1915 - No. 9) In Ruhleben Camp (December 1915 - Xmas Edition) The Ruhleben Camp Magazine (March 1916 - No. 1) The Ruhleben Camp Magazine (April 1916 - No. 2) The Ruhleben Camp Magazine (May 1916 - No. 3) The Ruhleben Camp Magazine (August 1916 - Summer Edition- No. 4) The Ruhleben Camp Magazine (December 1916 - Xmas Edition - No. 5) An absolute must for anyone with an interest in World War 1, the prisoners of war and German prison camps – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price! Quick Delivery – Free postage within the UK! All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. 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Author: Various
Non-Fiction Subject: World War 1 Prison Camps, Prisoners, WW1
Language: English