Focus on
Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret.
Series
German War Documents Project: London School of Economics Selection (LSE)
Catalogue reference: GFM 7
What's it about?
GFM 7
Copies of files from the captured German Foreign Ministry Archives, filmed for the German War Documents Project, mainly relating to Italy and the Balkans. These files were selected for filming by the London School of Economics
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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GFM 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- German War Documents Project: London School of Economics Selection (LSE)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1868-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of files from the captured German Foreign Ministry Archives, filmed for the German War Documents Project, mainly relating to Italy and the Balkans. These files were selected for filming by the London School of Economics
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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All items in this series were originally catalogued in German. Machine-assisted translation has been used to generate English language descriptions. The original German description has been retained.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Item references have been artifically created and added as discrete numerical sequences within each piece. When searching for an item on the microfilm reel, please refer to the original German Foreign Ministry reference code, captured in the Description field in this catalogue.
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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)
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LSE
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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37 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in microform only
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8567/
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Within the department: GFM
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