Among the thousands of camps Britain operated in the twentieth century were some that gained a notorious reputation for how they treated prisoners. Such places were often seen as aberrations within their individual contexts. Their recurrence across different places and times – including in Aden, Cyprus, and Northern Ireland – nonetheless renders it difficult to dismiss them as mere anomalies. This article examines one of the first post-war camps to have attracted such attention in Allied-occupied Germany, which was closed down following an investigation into its appalling conditions. Seeking to understand how an establishment ended up departing so drastically from accepted interrogation norms, which saw torture as unproductive and un-British, it finds that prisoners were subject to a combination of neglect due to difficult circumstances and malevolence. Tracing the camp's successors, the article also finds that political considerations ensured future camps in Germany did not step out of line; nevertheless, there was a failure to ensure the same for other cases more generally and to turn this into a one-off affair for Britain. Overall, while the camp existed within a unique post-war context, its history points to conditions and structures that may serve as units of analysis for investigating similar establishments.

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不再是英国人：1945-1954 年英国在德国的酷刑和审讯

在 20 世纪英国经营的数千个集中营中，有一些因对待囚犯的方式而臭名昭著。这些地方通常被视为其个人环境中的异常。它们在不同的地方和时代反复出现——包括在亚丁、塞浦路斯和北爱尔兰——尽管如此，很难将它们仅仅视为异常现象。本文探讨了在盟军占领的德国引起如此关注的第一批战后营地之一，该营地在对其恶劣条件进行调查后被关闭。试图了解一个机构如何最终如此彻底地偏离公认的审讯规范，这些规范认为酷刑是徒劳的和不英国的，它发现，囚犯由于困难的环境和恶意而受到忽视。追踪集中营的继任者，文章还发现，政治考虑确保了德国未来的集中营没有越界；然而，未能确保更广泛地适用于其他案件，并将其变成英国的一次性事件。总体而言，虽然集中营存在于独特的战后环境中，但其历史指向的条件和结构可以作为调查类似机构的分析单位。未能确保更广泛地适用于其他案件，也未能将其变成英国的一次性事件。总体而言，虽然集中营存在于独特的战后环境中，但其历史指向的条件和结构可以作为调查类似机构的分析单位。未能确保更广泛地适用于其他案件，也未能将其变成英国的一次性事件。总体而言，虽然集中营存在于独特的战后环境中，但其历史指向的条件和结构可以作为调查类似机构的分析单位。