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Frederick ROESCH: British. Of German parents and having spent much of his childhood...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/710
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This record is about the Frederick ROESCH: British. Of German parents and having spent much of his childhood... dating from 1940 Jul 05-1942 Aug 26 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 2/710
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Jul 05-1942 Aug 26
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Description (What the record is about)
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Frederick ROESCH: British. Of German parents and having spent much of his childhood in Germany, ROESCH confessed to having pro-German sympathies during the Second World War. In 1940, after a police investigation which was not brought to the notice of the Security Service, he was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude for offences which, in the view of a Security Service officer, Lord Rothschild, did not seem to merit such severity. He spent the rest of the war in prison, but appears to have been released in 1945
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- With 1 photograph
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PF55183 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained Until 2002
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11050003/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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