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Hermann Karl August LUEDECKE: German. A ship's steward and former member of the Hitler...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/2197
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This record is about the Hermann Karl August LUEDECKE: German. A ship's steward and former member of the Hitler... dating from 1942 Jan 01 - 1951 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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KV 2/2197
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1942 Jan 01 - 1951 Dec 31
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Hermann Karl August LUEDECKE: German. A ship's steward and former member of the Hitler Youth, where he won the 'Golden Youth' badge, LUEDECKE was taken off St Helena by a British cruiser in November 1939 and interned until July 1943. In 1944 he married Renate HERZOG, treasurer of the Free German Youth and his former Nazi leanings were replaced by Communist sympathies. He was deported in 1953 following criminal convictions
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PF 412410 VOL 1
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Retained Until 2006
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Open Document, Open Description
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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