Originally Posted by
Lance Shippey
I translated notes from one of the 36 Survivors of Battleship Scharnhorst (Battle of the North Cape) 26th December 1943) Wilhelm Krusse spoke about Interrogation by the British when being brought to Latimer House (Near Amersham) before his removal as POW to the USA in 1944. He wrote. "Endless interrogation, Unbelievably bad, sometimes Horrible. He was interrogated longer than other survivors / POW's because he had served on Battleship Tirpitz before Battleship Scharnhorst final battle, and the British wanted to know as much about the Tirpitz as possible so they could finally sink it..
Lance Shippey
Actually the interrogation method used at Latimer (which is in fact nearer to Chesham, my home town, than it is to Amersham) was very different involving the use of plush surroundings and plenty of alchohol and decent food being provided to the prisoners thus encouraging them to casually discuss things between each other when they thought they wouldn't be heard. .
Of course everything was listened to by the interrogators, the house was fully 'wired' (including the 'cells' in the basement where they were locked up) and in fact still is to this day.