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My Four Years in Germany by James W Gerard
Ambassador Gerard recounts his wartime experiences in Germany 1914 1917 including visits to prison camps in Doeberitz Ruhleben and Halle, efforts to secure humane treatment of prisoners of war and an agreement with German and British authorities on ambassadorial access. The narrative contrasts German loan policy and war finance with American economic concerns.
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Germany
Gerard
United States
America
Circuit Court of Appeals
Murray Hulbert
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Secretary of Commerce
Congress
Cuba
Canada
Helfferich
Reichstag
Helferich
Japan
Swiss
Switzerland
Munich
Berlin
Ruhleben
Zurich
Berne
Doeberitz
Hawerkrag
France
England
Boylston Real
Boston
Rivington Pyos
New York
John 8
Charles H. Russell, Jr
Lithgow Osborn
Bertin
Grew
Lay
Torgau
Mr. Jackson
Foreign Office
von Jagow
von Bethmann- Hollweg
General
War Department
Ruhleven
Doeveritz
Michaelson
Cologne
Jackson
Wealoucs
Thalle
Halle
Magdeburg
Altho
Malle