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Lecture

Helen Fry
Inside Nuremberg Prison: Recollections of an American Jewish Refugee Soldier

Monday 6.11.2023

Summary

Helen Fry will explore the extraordinary story of the German-Jewish refugee in the US Army who was the only translator inside Nuremberg Prison during the Nuremberg Trials. Every day he came face-to-face with the top Nazi leadership behind bars and the man who sent his family to Auschwitz.

Helen Fry

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Helen Fry has authored and edited over 25 books covering the social history of the Second World War, including British Intelligence and the secret war, espionage, and spies, as well as MI9 escape and evasion. She is the foremost authority on the “secret listeners” who worked at special eavesdropping sites operated by British Intelligence during WWII. Helen is the official biographer of MI6 spymaster, Colonel Thomas Joseph Kendrick. She has also extensively written about the 10,000 Germans who fought for Britain during WWII. Helen has appeared in a number of documentaries and has provided advisory services for TV and drama. She also appears regularly in media interviews and podcasts. Helen is an ambassador for the National Centre for Military Intelligence (NCMI) and serves as a trustee of both the Friends of the Intelligence Corps Museum and the Medmenham Collection. She works in London.