Did ‘Cambridge Five’ Espionage Contribute to Poland Succumbing to Soviet Influence after World War II?

Recently declassified documents published to the Russian FSB website are claimed to contain information provided by the so-called ‘Cambridge Five’ – the notorious spy ring that provided information to the Soviet Union from the 1930s to the early 1950s. The documents deal with Poland’s efforts to prepare for a post-war world in which that countryContinueContinue reading “Did ‘Cambridge Five’ Espionage Contribute to Poland Succumbing to Soviet Influence after World War II?”

Declassified Findings from Soviet Post-War Inspection of German V-2 Rocket Test Center

On 9 May 1945, the Great Patriotic War came to an end. However, the evolution of relations between the allies indicated that the peace that had come was fragile. The military understood that a new war, if it happened, would be waged using new types of weapons – missiles, jet aircraft, and super-powerful ammunition. ButContinueContinue reading “Declassified Findings from Soviet Post-War Inspection of German V-2 Rocket Test Center”

DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2

Those who have been following the site for the past month know that we have been publishing declassified documents that were published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is Part Two of the first in a series of three separateContinueContinue reading “DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2”

DETI: Red Army Officer Interrogated for Role Supporting Germans in Training Soviet Youths to Commit Sabotage in Soviet Union

Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is Part One the first in a series of three separate interrogations conducted of Yu.N. Yevtukhovich. Yevtukhovich, a deserter from the Soviet Red Army as a Lieutenant, detailsContinueContinue reading “DETI: Red Army Officer Interrogated for Role Supporting Germans in Training Soviet Youths to Commit Sabotage in Soviet Union”

DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943

Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the third in the series of documents translated. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOP SECRET, dated 3 September 1943 on the arrest of three saboteurs trainedContinueContinue reading “DETI: German-Trained Soviet Teens Parachute Into Kursk Oblast to Conduct Sabotage, 1943”

DETI: NKVD Investigates Soviet Orphans Exploited by Germans to Sabotage Soviet Sites, 1941

Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is the first of the documents translated; the rest will be translated and published on this site over the coming weeks. This is a “Special Message,” marked TOPContinueContinue reading “DETI: NKVD Investigates Soviet Orphans Exploited by Germans to Sabotage Soviet Sites, 1941”