The London Cage - Lt. Col. A.P. Scotland O.B.E. - Part 2

The London Cage - Lt. Col. A.P. Scotland O.B.E.

2017 Reading Challenge - Day 172

June 21, 2017 

Book 50 - The London Cage
Lt. Col. A.P. Scotland O.B.E.
 Part 2 - p. 59-106
Reading Time - 1 hour

Much of the rest of the book concerns various war crimes against Allied soldiers. I learned about the Mass Murder at Paradis, where, during the spring of 1940, 98 British soldiers, who had surrendered were executed by the Germans.

There is an amusing story about a German POW who, after the war was over, grew bored with the slow movement of repatriation. He snuck down to Ipswich harbour, onto a Swedish boat and over to Germany. He spent almost a year in Germany but eventually came back because he had no papers. Sneaking back into England, he reported to the POW camp but no one believed him. Scotland eventually had a chat with him, and did believe him.

Scotland sounds like a rather grandfatherly character and yet... it was out of the Paradis crime that rumours circulated of harsh treatment meted out to the German POWs held at the London Cage. Given that his initial manuscript contained details of his non-Red Cross sanctioned methods... it is interesting to see him deny any ill treatment of his prisoners.