The former Wehrmacht soldier Gerhard Menzel wants to enforce by legal means compensation for the abuse to which he was subjected in 1946 by British intelligence officials, such as the British "Daily Mail" on Monday writes.
The now 89-year-old was arrested in Hamburg in 1946 and was shortly thereafter transferred to a British-controlled prison in Bad Nenndorf, near Hanover. The British intelligence service Menzel suspected of being a communist and espionage to have. As Menzel says he was tortured for 16 days, and that according to conventional methods for the Gestapo.
The paper said the British secret services from June 1945 to July 1947 soldiers and officers of the SS, Hitler's companion and communists have misheard. In this period, fell more than 400 people, including 44 women, in jail Bad Nenndorf. Because of the brutal handling of the prisoners some of them committed suicide, another died as a result of severe exhaustion.
According to eyewitness reports from the nearest village often bloodcurdling screams were heard from the prison. As a result of investigations carried out by Scotland Yard 1948 Four German officers were brought before a military court.
The court hearings on Menzel's action to begin in February. According to "Daily Mail" is negotiated for the first time on compensation brought by a former Wehrmacht soldiers. The required amount of compensation is not mentioned.
Menzel, the last surviving former prisoners of Bad-Nenndorf hopes of understanding on the part of British Prime Minister David Cameron, whom he described as a "true gentleman".
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Translated from: http://de.ria.ru/society/20130121/265357713.html
Sources: http://de.ria.ru/society/20130121/265357713.html
http://www.pi-news.net/2013/01/wehrmachtssoldat-will-entschadigung-fur-britische-folter/
On a side note, I'd like to add that despite Menzel's attempts of making this story go public, it's quite hard to actually find an article about this matter on the internet.
The now 89-year-old was arrested in Hamburg in 1946 and was shortly thereafter transferred to a British-controlled prison in Bad Nenndorf, near Hanover. The British intelligence service Menzel suspected of being a communist and espionage to have. As Menzel says he was tortured for 16 days, and that according to conventional methods for the Gestapo.
The paper said the British secret services from June 1945 to July 1947 soldiers and officers of the SS, Hitler's companion and communists have misheard. In this period, fell more than 400 people, including 44 women, in jail Bad Nenndorf. Because of the brutal handling of the prisoners some of them committed suicide, another died as a result of severe exhaustion.
According to eyewitness reports from the nearest village often bloodcurdling screams were heard from the prison. As a result of investigations carried out by Scotland Yard 1948 Four German officers were brought before a military court.
The court hearings on Menzel's action to begin in February. According to "Daily Mail" is negotiated for the first time on compensation brought by a former Wehrmacht soldiers. The required amount of compensation is not mentioned.
Menzel, the last surviving former prisoners of Bad-Nenndorf hopes of understanding on the part of British Prime Minister David Cameron, whom he described as a "true gentleman".
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Translated from: http://de.ria.ru/society/20130121/265357713.html
Sources: http://de.ria.ru/society/20130121/265357713.html
http://www.pi-news.net/2013/01/wehrmachtssoldat-will-entschadigung-fur-britische-folter/
On a side note, I'd like to add that despite Menzel's attempts of making this story go public, it's quite hard to actually find an article about this matter on the internet.
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