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Thomas Kendrick (agent)

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114:. As "Passport Control Officer" and in conjunction with his intelligence activities, Kendrick and the other members of the Passport Office were able to grant entry permits to Palestine to a large number of Austrian Jews in summer 1938, estimated at around 10,000 people. A recent biography has thus named him "Vienna's 125:
Kendrick organised a unit to set up secretly-bugged "M-Rooms" (mike rooms), from which intelligence officers listened in on German prisoners-of-war in their bugged quarters and cells. He was also assigned the task of using microphones to monitor and eavesdrop on
89:. The British Foreign Office intervened and on 20 August he was released and expelled from Austria, leading to the collapse of his intelligence network. The affair was reported in depth in German daily newspapers such as the 350: 370: 335: 345: 190: 355: 152:
for his services to American intelligence. He worked for MI6 until his retirement in 1948. He died aged 90 in 1972 and is buried in the Municipal Cemetery in
325: 209: 296: 375: 340: 256: 59: 62:(SIS), also known as MI6 - its officers were given cover stories as employees of the Consulate's Passport Office. 142: 134: 365: 360: 78: 330: 145:, a list of those to be automatically arrested by the SS after a successful German invasion of Britain. 320: 315: 111: 110:, who was then in charge of negotiating the expulsion of Viennese Jews and their acceptance by the 91: 292: 74: 122: 149: 115: 47: 43: 22:(26 November 1881 - 3 March 1972) was a British intelligence officer, operating under the 191:"Captain Thomas Kendrick is Ordered to Leave Germany after Accusation of Espionage" in: 107: 309: 82: 55: 141:
assessed him to be a sensitive intelligence figure and he was thus placed on the
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Rudolf Heß. Botengang eines Toren? Der Flug nach Großbritannien vom 10. Mai 1941
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In the months before his arrest, Kendrick came into contact with
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of March 1938 and on 17 August that year Kendrick was visiting
46:, going on to serve as a field intelligence officer in the 257:"Kendrick's entry on the list at the Imperial War Museum" 228:
Burn After Reading: The Espionage History of World War II
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in Bavaria when he was arrested for espionage by the
210:""Spymaster: the Secret Life of Kendrick" - review" 160:, where his wife Norah was also interred in 1977. 351:British military personnel of the Second Boer War 371:South African emigrants to the United Kingdom 8: 336:People who rescued Jews during the Holocaust 208:Norton-Taylor, Richard (10 February 2015). 103:and also reached the international press. 346:World War II spies for the United Kingdom 169: 289:Spymaster : the man who saved MI6 178:Spymaster: The Secret Life of Kendrick 81:, then the Vienna headquarters of the 65:Austria was annexed to Germany in the 356:British Army personnel of World War I 7: 291:. New Haven: Yale University Press. 130:after his flight to the UK in 1941. 148:On 23 May 1945 he was awarded the 14: 326:Recipients of the Legion of Merit 1: 112:British Mandate of Palestine 16:British intelligence officer 77:. He was imprisoned in the 60:Secret Intelligence Service 392: 143:Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. 135:Reichssicherheitshauptamt 376:Vienna in World War II 193:Lawrence Journal World 97:Berliner Börsenzeitung 38:, Kendrick grew up in 20:Thomas Joseph Kendrick 341:Interwar-period spies 195:vom 20. August 1938" 287:Fry, Helen (2021). 271:The Walls Have Ears 242:Rainer F. Schmidt: 133:In spring 1940 the 26:"Colonel Wallace". 92:Berliner Tageblatt 42:and fought in the 226:Ladislas Farago: 75:Sicherheitsdienst 383: 302: 274: 267: 261: 260: 253: 247: 241: 237: 231: 224: 218: 217: 205: 199: 198: 187: 181: 174: 123:Second World War 58:Europe' for the 391: 390: 386: 385: 384: 382: 381: 380: 366:1930s in Vienna 361:1920s in Vienna 306: 305: 299: 286: 283: 281:Further reading 278: 277: 268: 264: 255: 254: 250: 239: 238: 234: 225: 221: 207: 206: 202: 189: 188: 184: 175: 171: 166: 150:Legion of Merit 116:Oskar Schindler 101:Nationalzeitung 79:Hotel Metropole 48:First World War 44:Second Boer War 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 389: 387: 379: 378: 373: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 343: 338: 333: 328: 323: 318: 308: 307: 304: 303: 297: 282: 279: 276: 275: 262: 248: 232: 219: 200: 182: 168: 167: 165: 162: 108:Adolf Eichmann 99:and the Essen 31: 28: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 388: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 332: 331:MI6 personnel 329: 327: 324: 322: 319: 317: 314: 313: 311: 300: 298:9780300255959 294: 290: 285: 284: 280: 272: 266: 263: 258: 252: 249: 246:1997, S. 233. 245: 236: 233: 229: 223: 220: 215: 211: 204: 201: 196: 194: 186: 183: 179: 173: 170: 163: 161: 159: 155: 151: 146: 144: 140: 136: 131: 129: 124: 119: 117: 113: 109: 104: 102: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 63: 61: 57: 56:station chief 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 29: 27: 25: 21: 288: 270: 265: 251: 243: 235: 227: 222: 214:The Guardian 213: 203: 192: 185: 177: 172: 147: 132: 120: 105: 100: 96: 90: 64: 33: 19: 18: 321:1972 deaths 316:1881 births 269:Helen Fry: 240:(in German) 176:Helen Fry: 128:Rudolf Hess 121:During the 71:Freilassing 40:Cape Colony 310:Categories 164:References 154:Weybridge 67:Anschluss 36:Cape Town 24:code name 34:Born in 87:Gestapo 295:  230:, 2012 158:Surrey 139:Berlin 95:, the 52:Vienna 180:2014. 293:ISBN 273:2019 85:and 54:as ' 30:Life 137:in 118:". 312:: 212:. 156:, 83:SS 301:. 259:. 216:. 197:.

Index

code name
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Second Boer War
First World War
Vienna
station chief
Secret Intelligence Service
Anschluss
Freilassing
Sicherheitsdienst
Hotel Metropole
SS
Gestapo
Berliner Tageblatt
Adolf Eichmann
British Mandate of Palestine
Oskar Schindler
Second World War
Rudolf Hess
Reichssicherheitshauptamt
Berlin
Sonderfahndungsliste G.B.
Legion of Merit
Weybridge
Surrey
"Captain Thomas Kendrick is Ordered to Leave Germany after Accusation of Espionage" in: Lawrence Journal World vom 20. August 1938"
""Spymaster: the Secret Life of Kendrick" - review"
"Kendrick's entry on the list at the Imperial War Museum"
ISBN

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