Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Center
As Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Center ( CSDIC for short , German about "Place of the united services for detailed interrogations" ) are special interrogation centers that the British War Office ( German "Kriegsamt" ) operated in the period from 1942 to 1947, so during and shortly after World War II .
The purpose was to interrogate prisoners , deserters and prisoners of war intensively and thus obtain important information. The interrogation centers were operated by the War Office together with the British Army and various secret services , in particular MI5 , MI9 and MI14 of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (MI) . In addition to the United Kingdom itself, there were interrogation centers in Belgium , such as in Diest and Spa , and in what was then the British occupation zone , such as the interrogation center in Bad Nenndorf . Interrogation centers have also been established in the Middle East and South Asia .
Other examples are the CSDIC (I) in India for questioning by members of the Indian National Army , on the side of the Japanese Imperial Army fought, and the infamous London Cage ( German "London Cage" ) in the British capital , where German prisoners , especially members of the SS , were also tortured .
literature
- Oliver Hoare: Camp 020 - MI5 and the Nazi Spies. The National Archives, 2000, ISBN 978-1903365083
Web links
- Interrogation records from the CSDIC in the National Archives (English) accessed on January 10, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ The interrogation camp that turned prisoners into living skeletons of December 17, 2005 in The Guardian (English). Retrieved January 10, 2018