Crunching the numbers on Spanish Flu in Raikeswood Camp
Harriet Purbrick, a final year History student at the University of Leeds, has conducted an analysis of the Spanish Flu figures for Raikeswood Camp as...
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Online Book Launch 29 April
German Prisoners of the Great War. Life in a Yorkshire Camp edited by Anne Buckley was published by Pen & Sword on 9 February 2021...
Friedrich Siems: Theatre Director in the Skipton Camp
The story of Friedrich Siems, who directed the theatre in the camp, has been researched by Harriet Purbrick, a University of Leeds History student who...
Update: Book has gone to press!
I can’t believe it’s almost a year since the last blog post! The big news is that the book is now finished! It’s been typeset,...
Mapping the homes of the Skipton prisoners
This blog post is the work of summer intern Joe Everitt, who has been mapping the home addresses of the Skipton prisoners. Alongside exploring the...
Grandson of German Senior Officer visits Skipton
On 12th July actor Wolf Kahler, the grandson of the senior German officer in the Skipton prisoner-of-war camp, Fritz Sachsse, officially opened our new information...
The Sick and Injured of Skipton Camp
This summer we have two student interns working on the project. One of them, Alice Craft, has been looking at the extent of the injuries...
Grandson of senior German officer comes to Skipton!
We're looking forward to the opening of our information board this evening and to meeting Wolf Kahler. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-48951491
Spanish flu hits the camp
In early 1919, 47 of the German prisoners of war from Raikeswood Camp died when an outbreak of Spanish Flu hit the camp. 42 of...
Prisoners take exams in Skipton camp
On 13th January 1919 16 student prisoners of war in Raikeswood Camp sat the written examinations for their Abitur (German equivalent of ‘A’ level). The...