The London cage
Subtitle: the secret history of Britain's World War II interrogation centre
By: Helen Fry
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780300221930
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Prisoners and prisons; German Prisoners and prisons; Secret service; Military interrogation; War criminals; World War, 1939-1945; Military intelligence; History
Other titles: Secret history of Britain's World War II interrogation centre
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: impounding the evidence; title: Genesis of the Cage; title: A very 'German' Englishman; title: Cage characters: the interrogators; title: Cage characters: the 'guests'; title: Downstairs: interrogation methods; title: Prison quarters; title: Caged lies: the truth drugs; title: The German 'great escape'; title: German-Jewish émigrés; title: A matter of justice; title: Knöchlein: the Butcher of Le Paradis; title: The Sagan case; title: Norway and war crimes; title: Befriending the field marshal; title: Death in the Cage; title: Torture: myth or reality?; title: Epilogue: the legacy; title: Appendix: Staff at the London Cage.