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Title: The London Cage

Subtitle: The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre

Author: Helen Fry

Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

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.

Members Reviews:

War: The Fortunes of.

Lots of mistakes here. The prison was not secret. Every German prisoner knew by war's end about the facility. The lucky infantry grunts who farmed potatoes in Canada knew they were lucky.The word "interrogator" is not defined, mostly because Scotland, the boss, did not own those men and women competent to bedevil their subjects. For example, in a normal prison submarine trained officers interrogate captured submarine officers. Scotland had junior army officers asking captured flyers, engineers etal. questions of whose background they knew little. No wonder that no truly serious war changing report emerged from Scotland's amateurish management. I am willing to bet that by playing milk toast many prisoners weaseled their way out of serious conversations or worse. All prisoners, that is all, have determined what persona they will act out during an interrogation. The problem here for Scotland was that his men and women had

to wait a good time before their charges arrived at the Cage. The interrogators did not know how many of each category they were to handle, squaddies or battalion COs, supply clerks or artillery spotters? By the time they had arrived at the Cage the shock of captivity had worn off all. They had become accustomed to tea and stodge. The mild and meek were

ready with their tales of humble ignorance as were the arrogant thugs with their defiant smirks. Many had learned jail house English.

Undaunted by the lack of help given her in her research on The Cage itself, Miss Fry came up with enough gory tales to fill pages of the War Crimes Commission's files. The "Adverso Section" of American English speaking stoolies is too ittle told.

The names of Probst, Behrens and Falkenhust who participated in the murder of legitimate British POWs are well inscribed. The latter virtually escaped punishment for his awful slaughter of British enlisted men. A life sentence for him was dismissed, he was transferred to a hospital and died a free man in 1968. The Ardeatine Massacre of 355 was especially gruesome. The burial cave was blown up on orders from the SS Chief Keppler.