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Ernest Martin Fritz VEITHARDT: German/American/British. VEITHARDT was born in the...
Catalogue reference: KV 6/92
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This record is about the Ernest Martin Fritz VEITHARDT: German/American/British. VEITHARDT was born in the... dating from 1940 May 30 - 1946 Sep 30 in the series The Security Service: List (L Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 6/92
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 May 30 - 1946 Sep 30
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Ernest Martin Fritz VEITHARDT: German/American/British. VEITHARDT was born in the UK of naturalized British parents living abroad. In 1940 he fled from Belgium to the UK and enlisted in the British Army from which he deserted in 1943. Under questioning after arrest, and later, he claimed to have been approached in Brussels by German and Belgian intelligence agents. He was interned under Defence Regulation 18b from 1943 to 1945
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- L 260-1660 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2009
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11510879/
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The Security Service: List (L Series) Files
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