Interrogating Nazism: Spies, Soldiers and War Criminals in Second World War Britain
Speaker
Join us for the launch of Dr Artemis Photiadou's new book Interrogating Nazism: Spies, Soldiers and War Criminals in Second World War Britain.
In secret camps across Second World War Britain, suspected spies, enemy soldiers and, later, war criminals were questioned both for military intelligence and to answer a much harder question: why had so many people fought for Nazi Germany?
In this talk, Artemis Photiadou discusses her book Interrogating Nazism, drawing on extensive archival research to uncover the vast machinery Britain developed to question its enemies. Officers, psychiatrists, and linguists probed military plans, morale, and ideology, while investigators sought evidence of individual responsibility for Nazi crimes. Their encounters reveal the complexity of those who were interrogated, the assumptions through which Britain tried to understand Nazism, and the moral tensions that arose when a liberal democracy turned to detention and surveillance in the pursuit of victory and justice.
Meet our speaker:
Dr Artemis Photiadou is Assistant Professor in International History. Her research interests focus on intelligence, internment, and political violence in Britain and its Empire, as well as in Europe.
Meet our chair:
Professor Matthew Jones is Professor of International History and the Cabinet Office official historian of the UK strategic nuclear deterrent. He specializes in US and British foreign and defense policy, decolonization in South East Asia, and nuclear history.
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