Catalogue description Irma Sophie Gertrude STAPLETON: British. A German born employee of the German Embassy in...
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Reference: | KV 2/945 |
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Description: |
Irma Sophie Gertrude STAPLETON: British. A German born employee of the German Embassy in London in the late 1930's, this woman volunteered her willingness to work for the Nazi cause in 1941 while working at a munitions factory. An MI5 officer, posing as a German Intelligence officer, made contact with her. She was prosecuted the following year under Defence Regulations and sentenced to a term of imprisonment from which she was released in 1948 |
Date: | 1941 Nov 04-1948 Apr 14 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | PF302121 |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
Access conditions: | Retained Until 2002 |
Record opening date: | 31 October 2002 |
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