Research Articles

The Sassoon family were the custodians of Trent Park from 1909 to 1939. Initially bought from the Bevan banking family by Sir Edward Sassoon (1856−1912), before passing to his son...

It wasn’t until a documentary programme invited me to take part in their series ​‘War Hero in my Family’ in 2011⁄2 that the true secrets of my grandfather Ernst Lederer’s...

One of the most famous figures known to have worked at Trent Park during the war was Colonel Thomas Kendrick, a man whose role in military intelligence during both wars...

I have long been fascinated by the patronage relationship between the artist Rex Whistler and Sir Philip Sassoon, a client for whom he carried out so many commissions in the...

Over the course of the Second World War the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (UK) (CSDIC (UK)) – at sites including Trent Park, the Tower of London, Latimer House and...

On Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) we commemorate the millions of victims of Nazi persecution, especially the six million Jewish men, women and children – some two thirds of Europe’s...

On the 9th of July 1943 at Trent Park, Senior German General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim called an extraordinary meeting of his fellow inmates in the communal mess area. Von Arnim...

In 1943 with Hitler’s approval General-major Carl Richard Heinrich Wahle was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Kriegverdienstkreuzes mit Scuwertern or Knights Cross of the war service cross with Swords. Throughout WWII,...

As WWII entered its fourth year, British Military Intelligence were aware of a Nazi secret weapon programme, but their sources had been vague and unclear so it dropped down the...