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| has gloss | eng: The "London Cage" was a MI19 prisoner of war facility during and immediately after WWII that was subject to frequent allegations of torture. The London Cage, located in a fashionable part of the city, had space for 60 prisoners, was equipped with five interrogation rooms, and staffed by 10 officers serving under Scotland, plus a dozen noncommissioned officers who served as interrogators and interpreters. Security was provided by soldiers from the Guards regiments selected "for their height rather than their brains." Among the Nazi war criminals confined at the London cage was Fritz Knoechlein, who was in charge of the murder of 100 British prisoners who had surrendered at Le Paradis, France in May 1940. Knoechlein was convicted and hanged in 1949. |
| lexicalization | eng: London Cage |
| instance of | (noun) a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war POW, prisoner of war |
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| media:img | FritzKnoechlein.jpg |
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