Translations of Personal Correspondence

Premium

20.500.12592/gz8w0t

Translations of Personal Correspondence

1 Feb 1942

A file of translations of Rudolf Hess' personal correspondence after his imprisonment, covering the year 1943. Like other prisoners of war, Hess received personal correspondence via the Red Cross organisation, and British intelligence censored, copied, and translated all of Hess' incoming and outgoing letters. The letters in this file discuss the lives of Hess' wife and son, acquaintances of Hess' family who had been killed in the war, the conditions on the German Home Front, and Hess' fatalistic outlook on his own life and on the progress of the war.
climate brazil fiji egypt greece germany russia censorship postal communications switzerland england wales surveillance second world war casualties adolf hitler morale personal correspondence foreign office alexander cadogan peter loxley home front permanent under-secretary's department international red cross anglo-german relations vetting of prisoner correspondence nazi ideology rudolf hess frank foley
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Brazil Egypt England Fiji Germany Greece Russia Switzerland Wales
Document Reference
FO 1093/4/2
Document Types
Correspondence Memorandum
File Reference
FO 1093/4
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0004.002
Keywords
Personal Correspondence Postal Communications Vetting Of Prisoner Correspondence Surveillance Home Front Casualties Censorship Climate Anglo-german Relations Morale Nazi Ideology
Languages
English
Organizations
Foreign Office Permanent Under-Secretary's Department International Red Cross
Pages
192
Persons Discussed
Alexander Cadogan Frank Foley Rudolf Hess Adolf Hitler Peter Loxley
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Surveillance

Related Topics

All