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The London Cage by LT. COL. A. P. SCOTLAND - H/B - 1957

Description: The London Cage (A History the Interrogation Center in WWII) by Lt. Col. Alexander Scotland Vintage hardcover in good condition with clean pages and tight binding (as pictured) Free shipping anywhere in the United States Synopsis: The United Kingdom systematically interrogated all of its prisoners of war.[2] A "cage" for interrogation of prisoners was established in 1940 in each command area of the United Kingdom, manned by officers trained by Alexander Scotland, the head of the Prisoner of War Interrogation Section (PWIS) of the Intelligence Corps (Field Security Police). The prisoners were sent to prison camps after their interrogation at the cages. Nine cages were established from southern England to Scotland, with the London cage also being "an important transit camp". The cages varied in facilities. The Doncaster cage used a portion of the town's racecourse as a camp, while the Catterick and Loughborough cages were in bare fields.[3] The London Cage, located in a fashionable part of the city, had space for 60 prisoners, was equipped with five interrogation rooms, and staffed by 10 officers serving under Scotland, plus a dozen non-commissioned officers who served as interrogators and interpreters. Security was provided by soldiers from the Guards regiments selected "for their height rather than their brains." Many of the British NCOs were fluent in German, and were skilled in persuading prisoners to reveal information. Some wore Soviet uniforms due to the Germans' fear of the Russians. After the war, the PWIS became known as the War Crimes Investigation Unit (WCIU), and the London Cage became the headquarters for questioning suspected war criminals. Among the German war criminals confined at the London cage was Fritz Knöchlein, who was in charge of the murder of 97 British prisoners who had surrendered at Le Paradis, France, in May 1940. Knöchlein was convicted and hanged in 1949. Alexander Scotland participated in the interrogation of Gen. Kurt Meyer, who was accused of participating in a massacre of Canadian troops. Meyer was eventually sentenced to death, although the sentence was not carried out. Scotland observed that Meyer received milder treatment after news of the atrocity had grown "cold".

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Binding: Hardback

Personalised: No

Place of Publication: LONDON

Non-Fiction Subject: Biographies & True Stories

Language: English

Signed: No

Author: Lt. Col. Alexander Scotland

Publisher: EVANS BROTHERS

Topic: World War II POW Interrogation History

Weight: 395

Subject: World War II POW Interrogation

Year Printed: 1957

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