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Chapman was sent to a secret installation dubbed Camp 020, where all captured German agents were kept. The official name of the location was Latchmere House, a large, rambling home near Ham Common in West London.
Chapman ghost-wrote the autobiography of Eric Pleasants, a British citizen who joined the Germans and served in the British Free Corps of the Waffen-SS during the war. Chapman claimed to have met Pleasants while he was imprisoned in Jersey. I Killed to Live – The Story of Eric Pleasants as Told to Eddie Chapman was published in 1957.
After the war Chapman and his wife Betty, bought a health farm at Shenley Lodge, in Rectory lane which they continued to run until the late 1970's and it was in these latter years I found myself...
Feb 9, 2021 · He reportedly tried to flee through a dining room window, but was unsuccessful — and was sentenced to two years in prison. This sentence was later extended when Chapman stole someone else’s clothes while imprisoned and attempted to escape again.
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He was very popular with the children at the camp, who nicknamed him "Nemo" (after the protagonist of the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas), and he was promoted to assistant director after winning an award for Outstanding Counselor.
Jun 20, 2018 · Prison camps developed an infrastructure that, on the surface, supported pregnancy and childbirth. There were maternity wards in some camp clinics, as well as nurseries, and...
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May 20, 2020 · Chapman, like all great criminals do, seized the opportunity to offer his experience and services to the Germans in exchange for a commuted prison sentence. He was able to convince the Germans that he had resentment toward the British and informed them of his background.
