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Jean Edouard Leopold VAN DE CASTEELE, alias Van ERK, CANTEL, LEOPOLD, Raoul, HOLDERING:...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/386
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This record is about the Jean Edouard Leopold VAN DE CASTEELE, alias Van ERK, CANTEL, LEOPOLD, Raoul, HOLDERING:... dating from 1943 Apr 01-1945 Sep 30 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/386
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943 Apr 01-1945 Sep 30
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Jean Edouard Leopold VAN DE CASTEELE, alias Van ERK, CANTEL, LEOPOLD, Raoul, HOLDERING: Belgian. An agent of the Abwehr in France, Belgium and Holland throughout the Second World War, he ran a group called the Equipe Leopold, tasked with the penetration of Allied and other groups. He was believed to have escaped to Switzerland in April, 1945 in advance of the Allied invasion. This file contains detailed accounts of the work of the Equipe Leopold, e.g. in assisting in the arrest of French, Dutch and Allied agents
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 600534
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- Open Document, Open Description
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