Best, S. Payne, 1885-1978

Identifier
990002187300304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1950
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Note(s)

  • ports.

  • Envelope 2/95 ; microfilm reel 050, frames 1226-1234

  • 5 newspaper clippings

  • Captain Sigismund Payne-Best (1885–1978) was a British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, more commonly known as MI-6) agent during World War I and World War II. As head of the highly secret Section Z in the Netherlands, Best was captured by the Gestapo in the November 9, 1939 Venlo Incident -- Wikipedia

  • "The Venlo incident"

People

  • Best, S. Payne, 1885-1978

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, English
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