Catalogue description Paul BORCHARDT: German. An explorer and expert on the Libyan desert, BORCHARDT was a...
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Reference: | KV 2/2429 |
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Description: |
Paul BORCHARDT: German. An explorer and expert on the Libyan desert, BORCHARDT was a German agent during the First World War operating under the name Abdel Hamid Batoota. He came to the UK as a refugee in 1939 but shortly afterwards went to the USA where in 1942 he was prosecuted as a spy and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment |
Note: | Two photographs |
Date: | 1920 Jan 01 - 1944 Dec 31 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | PF 37505 VOL 1 |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
Access conditions: | Retained Until 2007 |
Record opening date: | 02 March 2007 |
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