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The Better Germany in War Time

by Harold W. Picton

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  1. 1Dedication — Epigraph
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Foreword
  4. 4I — Military Prisoners
  5. 5Letters From Officers and Others
  6. 6Merseburg, Dœberitz
  7. 7Correspondence and Packages
  8. 8Altdamm
  9. 9Rumours V. Inspection
  10. 10Dœberitz
  11. 11Three Poor Camps
  12. 12Gœttingen
  13. 13German Help for Prisoners
  14. 14Cologne
  15. 15Crefeld
  16. 16Gardelegen, Salzwedel
  17. 17Guestrow, Muenster (Lager), Soltau, Scheuen, Schloss Celle
  18. 18Zueder Zollhaus, Wahn
  19. 19Blankenburg
  20. 20Senne
  21. 21Mainz
  22. 22General Remarks of Dr. Ohnesorg
  23. 23New Regulations
  24. 24Erfurt, Ohrdruf
  25. 25Mr. Gerard’s Comments
  26. 26Muenden, Friedberg, Torgau, Merseberg
  27. 27A Penny Blue Book
  28. 28A Prisoner in Austria
  29. 29The Food Question
  30. 30A Prisoner’s Report
  31. 31The Credulity of Hate
  32. 32Torgau
  33. 33Dogs
  34. 34Burg
  35. 35Censor Fined by Prisoner
  36. 36Visits Outside Camp
  37. 37Prisoners and Populace
  38. 38Ms. Returned
  39. 39Another Prisoner’s Report
  40. 40Credulity Once More
  41. 41Ordinary Humanity
  42. 42Reports of the International Red Cross
  43. 43German Camps: Food
  44. 44General Result
  45. 45Vermin
  46. 46Tact
  47. 47Prisoners in France
  48. 48Later U.S. Reports
  49. 49Hunger During Transport
  50. 50Friedrichsfeld
  51. 51Organisation and Reciprocity
  52. 52Lazarets
  53. 53A Difficulty
  54. 54Some Officer Camps
  55. 55Kœnigsbrueck, Zwickau, Görlitz
  56. 56Schloss Celle, Wittenberg, Stendal, Food
  57. 57Reports and Information
  58. 58Favourable and Humorous
  59. 59Food
  60. 60German Professors
  61. 61A Contradiction
  62. 62A Military Prison
  63. 63Bavarian Courtesy
  64. 64Hospital Treatment
  65. 65Wuensdorf, Crefeld
  66. 66Muenster II., Muenster III
  67. 67Parchim, Brandenburg
  68. 68Cottbus
  69. 69Absence on Leave
  70. 70Limbau, Guestrow
  71. 71Hospital Treatment
  72. 72The Repatriations
  73. 73Conclusion
  74. 74Camps in U.K.
  75. 75A Friendly Thought
  76. 76Unreliable Complaints
  77. 77Rumours
  78. 78Prisoner Workers
  79. 79Some Other Prisoners
  80. 80Turkey
  81. 81Serbia
  82. 82Russia
  83. 83An Important Comparison
  84. 84II — Civilian Prisoners
  85. 85Origin of General Internment
  86. 86Civilian and Military Prisoners Compared
  87. 87Some Reports on Ruhleben
  88. 88A Controversy
  89. 89Short Rations
  90. 90Some Comparisons
  91. 91Absence on Leave
  92. 92Prisoners’ Activity
  93. 93A Friendly Enemy
  94. 94War Terrorism
  95. 95Last Days at Ruhleben
  96. 96Havelberg
  97. 97On Behalf of the Civilians
  98. 98“Rotting Away”
  99. 99A Report on Knockaloe
  100. 100A British Commandant
  101. 101Food Difficulties
  102. 102Two Kinds of Rumour and Some Reality
  103. 103Against Bitterness
  104. 104Neutral Camps
  105. 105III — Prisoners in Previous Wars
  106. 106Napoleonic Wars
  107. 107American Civil War
  108. 108Franco-German War, 1870
  109. 109Russo-Japanese War, 1904
  110. 110Boer War
  111. 111Concentration Camps
  112. 112IV — Reprisals of Good
  113. 113German Work for Prisoners
  114. 114The Spectroscope Story
  115. 115A Baby Case Visitor
  116. 116Prof. Stange
  117. 117The Last Resting Place
  118. 118I — England
  119. 119II — Germany
  120. 120V — What the German May Be
  121. 121A Witness From France
  122. 122Another Sort of Witness
  123. 123War Zone Children
  124. 124A Soldier and the Children
  125. 125The Child in No Man’s Land
  126. 126Austro-Hungarians in Cetinje
  127. 127Not All Barbarians, nor All Chivalrous
  128. 128A German Priest
  129. 129Mutual Fears
  130. 130The Civilian’s Hate
  131. 131And Civilian Kindness
  132. 132Some German Newspapers and Other German Comments
  133. 133School-Books
  134. 134Belgium and War Aims
  135. 135Against Annexation
  136. 136Germany and Contracts
  137. 137“Frightfulness”
  138. 138The Brotherhood of Enemies
  139. 139Wounded
  140. 140More Christmas Incidents
  141. 141Wounded Enemies
  142. 142Whose Fault?
  143. 143An Order Against Kindness
  144. 144Our Common Humanity
  145. 145Are We Always Chivalrous?
  146. 146Some British Opinions
  147. 147The Ease of Accusation
  148. 148Troops in Occupation
  149. 149From the International Review; a Common Memorial
  150. 150A Story From France
  151. 151German Help of “Alien Enemies”
  152. 152Brotherhood Again
  153. 153The Way of New Russia
  154. 154Thoughts From the Other Side
  155. 155War Literature
  156. 156From an American Lady
  157. 157Two Soldiers’ Letters
  158. 158Albert Klein
  159. 159Germany in Peace Time
  160. 160British Recognition
  161. 161Industries Dependent on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  162. 162The Policy of Boycotting Thought
  163. 163Appendix

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