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Excerpt from My Visit to Ruhleben
I must ask my readers further to remember that this is a description of the camp and its life and the men as I saw them, and it is this description alone that they wish me to give. Every one here knows, something at least, of what they had to endure in those early months of their internment at Ruhleben. The recollection of it can never pass away from the minds of either old or young, nor the effects of it either; but, with the magnanimity which distinguishes them, they do not wish to brood upon it, nor to cherish rancour or resentful feelings about it; and in obedience, therefore, to their express wishes I am confining myself to the description of things as I actually saw them.
In justice to the German authorities, I should like to make it also quite clear that it was their wish that I should see things just as they are. There was no preparation in the camp for my visit the greater part of the staff, as I shall describe later, were absent when I arrived; no one knew that I was expected, and nothing whatever was done in preparation for me except the setting aside of a room for me to occupy, in case I should come.
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I must ask my readers further to remember that this is a description of the camp and its life and the men as I saw them, and it is this description alone that they wish me to give. Every one here knows, something at least, of what they had to endure in those early months of their internment at Ruhleben. The recollection of it can never pass away from the minds of either old or young, nor the effects of it either; but, with the magnanimity which distinguishes them, they do not wish to brood upon it, nor to cherish rancour or resentful feelings about it; and in obedience, therefore, to their express wishes I am confining myself to the description of things as I actually saw them.
In justice to the German authorities, I should like to make it also quite clear that it was their wish that I should see things just as they are. There was no preparation in the camp for my visit the greater part of the staff, as I shall describe later, were absent when I arrived; no one knew that I was expected, and nothing whatever was done in preparation for me except the setting aside of a room for me to occupy, in case I should come.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Herbert Bury
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780365273387
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 145
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Contributors
Author
Herbert Bury
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331539865
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 147
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