Nazis of the Gestapo Interned in England

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 308, 30 December 1939, Page 5

Nazis of the Gestapo Interned in England

ARREST OF MANY ALIENS LONDON, Dec. L It is recorded by the Evening Standard that among the Germans who ara now in internment camps in this country are a number of Nazis who aro known to be members of the Gestapo. Most of these secret agents were sent here with bogus papers, so that they could pas® themselves off as refugees. Some were arrested iu the great round-up of suspect* that took place all over Britain immediately war began. Others wero unmasked when their credentials were investigated by the tribunals examining the cases of all German and Austrian subjects in this country. It has been officially stated that 34 H of the Germans who have appeared before enemy alien tribunals have teen sent to internment camps. lac name* of tIKHG whp have oet*n dealt with in this way are not punlUitd. If a l’st of Germans in internment ca.nps was made public, tho Naz s would know which of their eecret agents had been detected. For this reason, the names of suspects who were rounded up at Jie outbreak of w r ar have also been withheld. The official announcement was confined to a statement that “some hundreds" of enemy aliens had been arrested for purposes of national security. Sir John Henderson has stated ia tho House of Commons that among the enemy aliens who are interned are some who were arrested on arrival at port* since the outbreak of war

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