Winthrop Pickard Bell
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Winthrop Pickard Bell was a Canadian academic who taught philosophy at the University of Toronto and Harvard. He was best known for his work as a historian of Nova Scotia until his work as a spy for M
Engraving by Winthrop P. Bell on a cell-door in the Karzer of Göttingen University
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 10 km to the west of Berlin. This area is now split between the
Winthrop Pickard Bell
…Edith Stein was among his friends during his Göttingen period. During the First World War he was held in the civilian internment camp at Ruhleben, near Berlin, for more than three years. After the war, he gave talks about his experiences as a prisoner and warned that the terms of peace were too…
Panoramic view of Ruhleben internment camp by Nico Jungmann, one of the detainees
Bird's eye view of the camp
Detainees queuing for Christmas dinner: painting by Nico Jungman
Gala performance of The Mikado: painting by Nico Jungman