The London Cage, Helen Fry
The London Cage, Helen Fry
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The London Cage
The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre

Author: Helen Fry

Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon

Unabridged: 11 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/21/2017

Synopsis

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.

About Helen Fry

Historian and biographer Helen Fry is the author of The Walls Have Ears, Spymaster, MI9, and more than twenty books on intelligence, prisoners of war, and the social history of World War II. She appears regularly in media interviews and podcasts and has been involved in numerous documentaries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric

In the end, this is a book about morality. The London Cage was a top secret interrogation centre set up by British intelligence during the Second World War. Located in Kensington Palace Gardens, it was closed down in 1948. For most of that time, it was a place that German prisoners of war passed thr......more

Goodreads review by Ted

An interesting read, but its a real disappointment if your focus is on the interrogation/intelligence premise. The author would have benefited greatly if she would have partnered with a subject matter expert in putting this together. As it is, she fumbles through relating the interrogation story at......more

Goodreads review by Becky

Fascinating summary of a little known piece of WWII history. I liked the way short summaries were used although it did mean at times it felt disjointed.......more

Goodreads review by Brian

The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain’s World War II Interrogation Centre by the incomparable Helen Fry is an important work. Fry peels away the many layers of obstruction and obscurity that’s previously prevented any real accounting of the interrogation activities of Britain at war. That s......more

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