Holocaust & German Persecutions
Lot 462:
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Drawing made with pencil by former prisoner in Ruhleben internment camp just after the liberation probably. The drawing depicts one of the barracks in the camp. On the reverse we can read in German "One of the many barracks in the internment camp of Ruhleben".Ruhleben internment camp was a civilian detention camp in Germany during World War I. It was located in Ruhleben, a former Vorwerk manor 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west of Berlin, now split between the districts of Spandau and Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The camp was originally a harness racing track laid out north of the Berlin-Hamburg Railway line in 1908.***IMPORTANT! We ship this article from our office in Europe***
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