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| In 2005, British newspaper ] published an article based on recently released ] documents, that Britain had run a torture centre in Bad Nenndorf. This was run by a ] department called the ] (CSDIC), and its original remit was the imprisonment of members of the ]. | In 2005, British newspaper ] published an article based on recently released ] documents, that Britain had run a torture centre in Bad Nenndorf. This was run by a ] department called the ] (CSDIC), and its original remit was the imprisonment of members of the ]. | ||
| However, from 1945 to 1947 the centre was used to interrogate German prisoners, many of them communists suspected of espionage for ].<ref name=zeit>{{cite web | url=http://www.zeit.de/online/2006/14/bad_nenndorf | title=ZEIT online - Mensch & Geschichte : Tommies als Täter | accessdate=2006-07-21}}</ref> Allegedly torture included deprivation of food and sleep, exposure to extreme cold, and threats of unnecessary surgery.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,16518,1669544,00.html | title=The Guardian - The interrogation camp that turned prisoners into living skeletons | accessdate=2006-07-21}}</ref> | However, from 1945 to 1947 the centre was used to interrogate German prisoners, many of them communists suspected of espionage for ].<ref name=zeit>{{cite web | url=http://www.zeit.de/online/2006/14/bad_nenndorf | title=ZEIT online - Mensch & Geschichte : Tommies als Täter | accessdate=2006-07-21}}</ref> Allegedly torture included deprivation of food and sleep, exposure to extreme cold, and threats of unnecessary surgery.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,16518,1669544,00.html | title=The Guardian - The interrogation camp that turned prisoners into living skeletons | accessdate=2005-17-12}}</ref> None of the several attempts at escaping the prison were successful, and outsiders helping escapees in their attempts were likewise interred.<ref name=ndr>{{cite web | url=http://www3.ndr.de/ndrtv_pages_std/0,3147,OID2247368,00.html | title=NDR Fernsehen - Das Verhörlager Bad Nenndorf 1945-47 | accessdate=2006-07-21}}</ref> In total, 372 men and 44 women were interred in Bad Nenndorf during the period 1945-47 according to records.<ref name=zeit /> Three died and the health of several dozens was permanently affected.<ref name=zeit /> The operations were closed in 1947 after Scotland Yard learnt that inmates known to be innocent were being tortured. Four officers were brought before a military court, but only one was dismissed from the military.<ref name=zeit /><ref name=ndrtrans>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndrtv.de/panorama/data/panorama_060420_bad_nenndorf.pdf | title=Transcript of NDR programme on Bad Nenndorf (PDF) | accessdate=2006-07-21}}</ref> | ||
| The ] reported on British post-war activities in Bad Nenndorf |
The ] reported on British post-war activities in Bad Nenndorf, based on 800 pages of documents they received.<ref name=ndrtrans /><ref name=ndr /> In Great Britain ] provocatively showed pictures of emaciated German prisoners.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,1745662,00.html | title=Guardian Special reports - The postwar photographs that British authorities tried to keep hidden | accessdate=2006-04-03}}</ref> ] (regarding torturing German Communists) wrote: ''Harrowing photographs of young men who had survived being systematically starved, as well as beaten, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme cold, were considered too shocking to be seen.'' | ||
| ⚫ | Meanwhile German politicians demanded an apology from Britain.<ref name=zeit /> An article in German newspaper '']'' implies that there were other concentration camps such as Bad Nenndorf, but provided neither proof nor names or such camps.<ref name=zeit /> | ||
| ] (regarding torturing German Communists) wrote: ''Harrowing photographs of young men who had survived being systematically starved, as well as beaten, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme cold, were considered too shocking to be seen.'' | |||
| ⚫ | Meanwhile German politicians demanded an apology from Britain. |
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| == External links == | |||
| *, by Ian Cobain, ''The Guardian'', ], 2005 | |||
| * by Ian Cobain, ''The Guardian'', ], 2006, retrieved ], 2006 | |||
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Bad Nenndorf is a small town in the district of Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Its population is 10,210 (2005). It is situated approx. 12 km east of Stadthagen, and 25 km west of Hanover. It is the alleged site of a post-WWII British interrogation centre.
Bad Nenndorf is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Nenndorf, which consists of the following municipalities:
- Bad Nenndorf
- Haste
- Hohnhorst
- Suthfeld
Concentration camp
In 2005, British newspaper The Guardian published an article based on recently released Scotland Yard documents, that Britain had run a torture centre in Bad Nenndorf. This was run by a War Office department called the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC), and its original remit was the imprisonment of members of the Waffen-SS.
However, from 1945 to 1947 the centre was used to interrogate German prisoners, many of them communists suspected of espionage for Stalin. Allegedly torture included deprivation of food and sleep, exposure to extreme cold, and threats of unnecessary surgery. None of the several attempts at escaping the prison were successful, and outsiders helping escapees in their attempts were likewise interred. In total, 372 men and 44 women were interred in Bad Nenndorf during the period 1945-47 according to records. Three died and the health of several dozens was permanently affected. The operations were closed in 1947 after Scotland Yard learnt that inmates known to be innocent were being tortured. Four officers were brought before a military court, but only one was dismissed from the military.
The NDR reported on British post-war activities in Bad Nenndorf, based on 800 pages of documents they received. In Great Britain The Guardian provocatively showed pictures of emaciated German prisoners. The Guardian (regarding torturing German Communists) wrote: Harrowing photographs of young men who had survived being systematically starved, as well as beaten, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme cold, were considered too shocking to be seen.
Meanwhile German politicians demanded an apology from Britain. An article in German newspaper Die Zeit implies that there were other concentration camps such as Bad Nenndorf, but provided neither proof nor names or such camps.
References
- ^ "ZEIT online - Mensch & Geschichte : Tommies als Täter". Retrieved 2006-07-21.
- "The Guardian - The interrogation camp that turned prisoners into living skeletons". Retrieved 2005-17-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "NDR Fernsehen - Das Verhörlager Bad Nenndorf 1945-47". Retrieved 2006-07-21.
- ^ "Transcript of NDR programme on Bad Nenndorf (PDF)" (PDF). Retrieved 2006-07-21.
- "Guardian Special reports - The postwar photographs that British authorities tried to keep hidden". Retrieved 2006-04-03.