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Catalogue description Thomas Heller COOPER, alias Peter, Tom BOTTCHER: in 1938 he was a member of the British...
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| Reference: | KV 2/254 |
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| Description: |
Thomas Heller COOPER, alias Peter, Tom BOTTCHER: in 1938 he was a member of the British Union of Fascists. The son of an English father and a German mother, he went to Germany in 1939 to teach and later enlisted in the Waffen S.S., serving in Germany, Poland and Russia until invalided. He produced propaganda for the German Foreign Office and tried to recruit British prisoners of war for the Legion of Saint George and the British Free Corps. Sentenced to death for treason in 1946, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on appeal. |
| Note: | With 1 photograph |
| Date: | 1939 Nov 01-1946 Jul 20 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | PF 66681 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Open on Transfer |
| Record opening date: | 10 November 2000 |
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