Release of MI 5 of UK gives an insight into the activities of those who spied for Germany in World War II.
‘The file contains names and details of British and other renegades who worked for the German cause during the war, including membership of the British Free Corps. The lists include civilians who aided the Germans in occupied Europe as well as prisoners of war who became ‘stool pigeons’ (acting as decoys or informers), or signed up to the British Free Corps and other ways of getting out of PoW camps. William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) and P.G Wodehouse are among those listed.’
File KV2/3581 is available to view on Documents Online.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/subjects-of-security-service-enquiry-august-2011.htm
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PG Wodehouse was questioned by MI5 as a suspected collaborator for broadcasting from Berlin during the second world war. The creator of Jeeves protested that he was shocked and dismayed at the criticism his broadcasts had provoked in Britain.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/26/pg-wodehouse-denied-collaborator
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