The term Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC) was used for facilities in the UK, the continent (
Belgium
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and
Germany
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) between 1942 and 1947, the Middle East, and South Asia. They were run by the British
War Office
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on a joint basis involving the
British Army
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and various intelligence agencies, notably
MI5 and
MI9. The CSDICs on the European mainland were:
* a CSDIC at
Diest
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in Belgium
* the
Bad Nenndorf interrogation centre at
Bad Nenndorf
Bad Nenndorf (Northern Low Saxon: ''Nenndörpe'') is a small town in the district of Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Its population is 10,210 (2005). It is situated approximately 12 km east of Stadthagen, and 25 km west of Hanover, a ...
in Germany
*CSDIC(I)-Z Section, at 49 St George's Drive, Pimlico, London
*CSDIC(I)-X Section in Italy
They were originally established to interrogate detainees, defectors, and prisoners of war who were known or suspected to be working for
Nazi Germany
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and Japan. After the war, suspected
Soviet
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agents were also held for interrogation. The last CSDIC facility, the
Bad Nenndorf interrogation centre, was closed down in June 1947. CSDIC(I) X and Z Sections were closed on 30 November 1945.
See also
*
London Cage
*
Camp 020
Camp 020 at Latchmere House in southwest London was a British interrogation centre for captured German agents during the Second World War. It was run by Lieutenant Colonel Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens. Although other wartime interrogation centres were ...
*
CSDIC(I)
*
Trent Park#Second World War - the "Cockfosters Cage"
Further reading
* Oliver Hoare (ed.) ''Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi Spies''. Public Records Office.
External links
* {{cite web, url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/17/secondworldwar.topstories3, title=The interrogation camp that turned prisoners into living skeletons, author=Ian Cobain, publisher=The Guardian, date=17 December 2005, accessdate=2010-02-22
Internments by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom intelligence community
Interrogations
Admiralty during World War II