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The London cage :

Fry, Helen, 1967-,

The London cage : the secret history of Britain's World War II interrogation centre / Secret history of Britain's World War II interrogation centre Helen Fry. - Paperback [edition]. - ix, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white)

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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Scotland, Alexander Paterson, 1882-1965.


Military interrogation--History--Great Britain--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons.--England--London
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British.
Prisoners of war--Great Britain.
Prisoners of war--Germany.
War criminals--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
Military intelligence--History--Great Britain--20th century.

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