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- 1948 - 1949 (Creation)
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German Lt Col Fritz Knöchlein, of the SS; papers relating to war crimes including typescript, 'Bericht über vorgänge im London-District cage (LDC)-(Statement about occurrences in the London District Cage (LDC)),' by Knöchlein, in German and English; 'Grounds for the petition' on Knöchlein's behalf by attorney Dr Gustav Uhde; correspondence and cuttings including 'Massacred British prisoners, Nazi Colonel [Knöchlein] to be hanged' The Times, 16 Oct 1948; 'Americans torture Germans to extort "confessions",' by Fred Redman Sunday Pictorial, 23 Jan 1949; correspondence including Hans Prager; copy of letter from Richard Rapier Stokes, MP to Rt Hon Ernest Bevin concerning Knöchlein; Dr Gustav Uhde; copy of letter by Cardinal Joseph Frings, Archbishop of Cologne to Lt Gen Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, Commander-in-Chief, British Zone of Occupation in Germany and Reginald Thomas Paget. 1 file