Catalogue description Germany: Prisoners, including: Grant Duff, former British Minister in Dresden:...

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Grant Duff, former British Minister in Dresden: transmission of package to Mr Duff from Count Edward Montegelas, Bavarian Minister in Dresden, via US authorities in Munich.

Parcels for British prisoners in Germany: enquiry from Mrs J E B Thilby of Dulverton, Somerset, regarding suitability of sending parcels through British Vice-Consul at Montreux.

Jacob Sarner, Russian citizen of Stepney: enquiry regarding possibility of sending money to his relatives in German-occupied Poland.

Herr Listemann, German Consul at Bushire: enquiry from German Government regarding his whereabouts and whether he was captured and imprisoned by military forces; report he had been handed over to military authorities in India for detention as prisoner of war.

Mrs Minnie Heimann, wife of British subject, Ernst Heimann, interned at Ruhleben: application for remittance of money from UK.

Godfrey Thomas, Attaché of late British Embassy, Berlin: rent due for his apartment in Berlin; arrangements for payment.

Treatment of British prisoners and wounded by the Bavarians: information from German deserter, Philip Koerner.

German clerics serving with the German forces.

William Buhrig, German-born naturalised American: detention in the Orkney Islands.

Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) war building in Gottingen camp: reports of opening of first war prison YMCA at the camp.

Uniforms of German prisoners interned in UK: alleged removal of cockades from helmets and caps.

Treatment of British wounded: provision of artificial limbs and surgical appliances; question of reciprocity.

Scottish Presbyterian Church in Dresden: requests from Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, USA, for permission to send money to American church managers in respect of mortgage interest payments and other expenses.

German governess in UK: request for permission for German Governess of children of Herbert Mason, Englishman living in Geneva, Switzerland, to travel to Switzerland though France with one of his daughters from St Annes-on-the-Sea.

Relief for Jewish prisoners and their families in Germany.

Aid for German wounded from German cruiser Dresden.

Care of prisoners of war by neutral commission: proposal by E P Prentys of Brentwood, Essex.

Compensation or relief for interned civilians.

Treatment and pay of Indian officer prisoners.

German New Guinea: detention of German officials, including:

• Treatment of German officials from New Guinea: German Government statement that oath of neutrality extracted from German subjects is void.
• Capitulation of New Guinea: release of German officials under capitulation agreement; question of repatriations.
• German officials from New Guinea: German complaints regarding treatment, especially Mr Fabia.
• German officials in New Guinea: case of Herr Haber, Acting-Governor.
• German officials from New Guinea now in neutral countries.
• German missionaries in New Guinea.
• Return to Germany of Dr Richard Thurnwald, German ethnologist.
• Dr E Haber, late Governor of German New Guinea, and Lieut-Gen E A Wylde, RMLI: cancellation of paroles; later arrangements for exchange of paroles.
• Detention of German officials from New Guinea: request by German Government for repatriation of Oswald Banik, Otto Konradt, and Rudolf Hoek, all interned in concentration camp at Liverpool, near Sydney, Australia.
• Officials of the Protectorate of German New Guinea: German Government request for safe-conducts to be issued to Leo Mey, O Schumann and Franz Scholz.
• Repatriation of Herr Klink, former 'Stationsleiter' [station controller] at Marobe, now interned in Australia: proceedings against him by military court.
• German officials from New Guinea: German Government request for repatriation of sixteen officials under capitulation agreement (in docket no. 172114) and a further five officials (in docket no. 172878); both dockets include lists of individuals.
• [NOTE: several dockets make reference to other individuals requesting repatriation, including docket nos. 68617, 68618, 70841, 82452, 84398, 150155, 172873, 183721, 196159].

Code 1218 File 57568-60101.