MI5 Press Release – Tuesday 4th March

If you are interested in looking at historical documents related to the Second World War then this latest press release from MI5 is well worth a look.

These documents have all just been released into the public domain by the Security Service.

@A Security Service Press Release wrote:

4 March 2008

RELEASE OF FILES TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

The National Archives have today released the latest set of historical Security Service files, bringing the total on public display to nearly 4,000. Most of the files relate to the Second World War, though many cover the inter-war and post-war periods as well.

Some of the most notable relate to the left-wing actress and producer Joan Littlewood; the Hungarian astrologer Louis de Wohl, who was employed by the Special Operations Executive on the assumption that as Hitler was believed to be influenced heavily by astrology, the British could influence his thinking by employing their own official astrologer; Dennis Kendall, the MP for Grantham and Cleethorpes, who was believed to be involved in gun-running, smuggling and other black market activities; and the British Free Corps, a military unit staffed by British PoWs who had been recruited by the Germans to fight the Russians.

For more information, please click on the link below:
• 4 March 2008 National Archives releases

The link to the relevant Security service web page is:

From here you can navigate to your area of interest.