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Helen Fry

Helen has authored and edited over 25 books covering the social history of the Second World War, including British Intelligence and the secret war, espionage and spies, and MI9 escape and evasion. She is an expert on women in intelligence.
She is the foremost authority on the ‘secret listeners’ who worked at special eavesdropping sites operated by British Intelligence during WWII. Her groundbreaking research and extensive media coverage have shed light on one of the greatest intelligence deceptions of the war: the bugging of Hitler’s generals at Trent Park in North London, and thousands of prisoners of war at Latimer House and Wilton Park in Buckinghamshire.
Helen is the official biographer of MI6 spymaster, Colonel Thomas Joseph Kendrick. She has also extensively written about the 10,000 Germans who fought for Britain during WWII.

Upcoming Events

BLF 2026
Tim Willasey-Wilsey, Helen Fry, Colin Philpott
Nuremberg at 80: The People Who Made Justice Possible
Sunday, 5 July 2026 | 09:45 – 10:45
Banqueting Suite, City Hall, BD1 1HY
History, World Affairs & Politics
Event Reference: 26HI2