عنوان

The London cage :

(Number (ISBN

0300221932

(Number (ISBN

0300238657

(Number (ISBN

9780300221930

(Number (ISBN

9780300238655

Title Proper

The London cage :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the secret history of Britain's World War II interrogation centre /

First Statement of Responsibility

Helen Fry.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2017]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: impounding the evidence -- Genesis of the Cage -- A very 'German' Englishman -- Cage characters: the interrogators -- Cage characters: the 'guests' -- Downstairs: interrogation methods -- Prison quarters -- Caged lies: the truth drugs -- The German 'great escape' -- German-Jewish émigrés -- A matter of justice -- Knöchlein: the Butcher of Paradis -- The Sagan case -- Norway and war crimes -- Befriending the field marshal -- Death in the Cage -- Torture: myth or reality -- Epilogue: the legacy -- Appendix: Staff at the London Cage.

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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.

Parallel Title

Secret history of Britain's World War II interrogation centre

Scotland, Alexander Paterson,1882-1965.

Scotland, Alexander Paterson,1882-1965.

Military intelligence-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.

Military interrogation-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.

Prisoners of war-- Germany.

Prisoners of war-- Great Britain.

War criminals-- Germany.

World War, 1939-1945-- Great Britain-- Prisoners and prisons.

World War, 1939-1945-- Military intelligence-- Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945-- Prisoners and prisons, German.

World War, 1939-1945-- Prisoners and prisons.

World War, 1939-1945-- Secret service-- Great Britain.

HISTORY-- Europe-- Great Britain.

HISTORY-- Military-- World War II.

Military intelligence.

Military interrogation.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Intelligence & Espionage.

Prisoners of war.

Prisoners.

Secret service.

War criminals.

England, London.

Germany.

Great Britain.

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Edition

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Book number

Fry, Helen,1967-

Date of Transaction

20200822100616.0

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