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Julius Max Richard IRMING-GEISSLER. A German journalist who arrived here as a refugee...
Catalogue reference: KV 6/115
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This record is about the Julius Max Richard IRMING-GEISSLER. A German journalist who arrived here as a refugee... dating from 1934 Oct 15 - 1941 Nov 24 in the series The Security Service: List (L Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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KV 6/115
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Date (When the record was created)
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1934 Oct 15 - 1941 Nov 24
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Julius Max Richard IRMING-GEISSLER. A German journalist who arrived here as a refugee from Nazism in 1934, GEISSLER appointed himself in 1939 Commissar of the German Freedom Front in Britain, which was suspected of being communist inspired. He was interned shortly after the outbreak of war, released in 1945 and deported in 1948
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With 2 photographs
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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L 169-105 VOL 1
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Public Record(s)
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Retained Until 2014
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Refugees
- Internment
- Fascism
- Communism
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KV 6
The Security Service: List (L Series) Files
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