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Accessions administration: KV 2
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/15934
Date: 2000 Jan 1 - 2003 Dec 31
Accessions administration: KV 2
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Anton SCHREK. A German Consular official in Zurich, SCHREK was arrested in 1918 as...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/3703
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This record is about the Anton SCHREK. A German Consular official in Zurich, SCHREK was arrested in 1918 as... dating from 1918 Oct 10 - 1928 Feb 04 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 2/3703
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918 Oct 10 - 1928 Feb 04
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Description (What the record is about)
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Anton SCHREK. A German Consular official in Zurich, SCHREK was arrested in 1918 as part of a German spy ring one of whose roles was to bomb targets in Rome and Milan. Explosives for the purpose, together with weapons, had been brought into Switzerland via the German Embassy in Berne. While under detention in a mental hospital and awaiting trial, SCHREK escaped to Germany where in 1925 he was said to be closely involved with secret re-mobilisation plans. In 1928 he was found guilty in Berlin of forging military documents and selling them to foreign powers. At his trial he denied being the forger of the Zinoviev letter.
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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)
- PF 34415
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Retained Until 2012
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13200389/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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