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Lecture

Helen Fry
Behind Enemy Lines: Austrian Jewish Refugees in S.O.E

Thursday 9.12.2021

Summary

Helen Fry discusses the lesser known history of the German-Jewish Austrians who served with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.

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.

In terms of the personal files of S.O.E. agents like Walter Freud, they’re not released until a death certificate is produced to know that they’ve passed away or they’re not released within a hundred years.