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ERIKSEN, alias STARIZKY alias SHALBERG: Vera. Russian/German. Suspected of being...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/14
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This record is about the ERIKSEN, alias STARIZKY alias SHALBERG: Vera. Russian/German. Suspected of being... dating from 1940 Sep 30-1940 Dec 27 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/14
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Sep 30-1940 Dec 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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ERIKSEN, alias STARIZKY alias SHALBERG: Vera. Russian/German. Suspected of being an agent of the German Intelligence Service in the Second World War. Interned. Case Papers.
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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 53988 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3539595/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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