Title The London cage : the secret history of Britain's World War II interrogation centre / Helen Fry

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series degruyterct degruyterct Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. GENESIS OF THE CAGE -- 2. A VERY 'GERMAN' ENGLISHMAN -- 3. CAGE CHARACTERS -- 4. CAGE CHARACTERS -- 5. DOWNSTAIRS -- 6. PRISON QUARTERS -- 7. CAGED LIES -- 8. THE GERMAN 'GREAT ESCAPE' -- 9. GERMAN- JEWISH ÉMIGRÉS -- 10. A MATTER OF JUSTICE -- 11. KNÖCHLEIN -- 12. THE SAGAN CASE -- 13. NORWAY AND WAR CRIMES -- 14. BEFRIENDING THE FIELD MARSHAL -- 15. DEATH IN THE CAGE -- 16. TORTURE -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX Summary The first complete account of the fiercely guarded secrets of London's clandestine interrogation center, operated by the British Secret Service from 1940 to 1948 Behind the locked doors of three mansions in London's exclusive Kensington Palace Gardens neighborhood, the British Secret Service established a highly secret prison in 1940: the London Cage. Here recalcitrant German prisoners of war were subjected to "special intelligence treatment." The stakes were high: the war's outcome could hinge on obtaining information German prisoners were determined to withhold. After the war, high-ranking Nazi war criminals were housed in the Cage, revamped as an important center for investigating German war crimes. This riveting book reveals the full details of operations at the London Cage and subsequent efforts to hide them. Helen Fry's extraordinary original research uncovers the grim picture of prisoners' daily lives and of systemic Soviet-style mistreatment. The author also provides sensational evidence to counter official denials concerning the use of "truth drugs" and "enhanced interrogation" techniques. Bringing dark secrets to light, this groundbreaking book at last provides an objective and complete history of the London Cage Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index Notes In English Subject Scotland, Alexander Paterson, 1882-1965. SUBJECT Scotland, Alexander Paterson, 1882-1965 fast Subject Military interrogation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- Prisoners and prisons World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Prisoners and prisons World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German. Prisoners of war -- Great Britain Prisoners of war -- Germany War criminals -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain. Military intelligence -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century History. History history (discipline) 1900 - 1999. European history. HISTORY / Europe / Western. HISTORY / Military / World War II Military intelligence Military interrogation Prisoners of war Secret service War criminals European history. London, Greater London. Second World War. Espionage & secret services. United Kingdom, Great Britain. History. England -- London Germany Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300231229 0300231229 9780300221930 0300221932

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