Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
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Information and Censorship Branch: Press releases including details of the alleged...
Catalogue reference: WO 204/362
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This record is about the Information and Censorship Branch: Press releases including details of the alleged... dating from 1944 Mar.-Dec. in the series War Office: Allied Forces, Mediterranean Theatre: Military Headquarters Papers, Second.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 204/362
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 Mar.-Dec.
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Description (What the record is about)
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Information and Censorship Branch: Press releases including details of the alleged murder of 320 hostages in the Ardeatine Caves by the Germans
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4540422/
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WO 204
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