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'''Bad Nenndorf''' is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was home to a British [[Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre]] (CSDIC), which operated from June 1945 to July 1947. Allegations of mistreatment of detainees by British troops resulted in a police investigation, a public controversy in both Britain and Germany and the camp's eventual closure. Four of the camp's officers were brought before courts-martial in 1948. Just one, the prison doctor, was convicted on a charge of neglect. The remainder were cleared of "disgraceful conduct of a cruel kind".
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'''Bad Nenndorf''' is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was home to a British [[Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre]] (CSDIC), which operated from June 1945 to July 1947. The interrogations of persons-of-interest were conducted with extensive use of torture.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/17/secondworldwar.topstories3</ref>
  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_Nenndorf_interrogation_centre Bad Nenndorf interrogation centre] - Wikipedia page
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==Cover-up==
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When  mistreatment of detainees by British troops where exposed, it resulted in a British police investigation, a public controversy in both Britain and Germany and the camp's eventual closure. Four of the camp's officers were brought before courts-martial in 1948. Just one, the prison doctor, was convicted on a charge of neglect. The remainder were cleared of "disgraceful conduct of a cruel kind".<ref>Court-Martial Of Colonel". The Times. London. 9 June 1948.</ref>
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==External sites==
 
*[https://www.mi5.gov.uk/home/mi5-history/the-cold-war/bad-nenndorf.html Bad Nenndorf official account] - MI5 web site
 
*[https://www.mi5.gov.uk/home/mi5-history/the-cold-war/bad-nenndorf.html Bad Nenndorf official account] - MI5 web site
 
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Small town in Lower Saxony, Germany, home to a British torture centre in the years after WW2. Covered-up by British "investigation".

Bad Nenndorf is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was home to a British Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC), which operated from June 1945 to July 1947. The interrogations of persons-of-interest were conducted with extensive use of torture.[1]

Cover-up

When mistreatment of detainees by British troops where exposed, it resulted in a British police investigation, a public controversy in both Britain and Germany and the camp's eventual closure. Four of the camp's officers were brought before courts-martial in 1948. Just one, the prison doctor, was convicted on a charge of neglect. The remainder were cleared of "disgraceful conduct of a cruel kind".[2]

 

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External sites

  • https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/17/secondworldwar.topstories3
  • Court-Martial Of Colonel". The Times. London. 9 June 1948.