Close encounters: the role of culture in interrogation and questioning in the Second World War

Simona Tobia

doi:10.5565/rev/rubrica.94

Encuentros cercanos: el papel de la cultura en los interrogatorios y pesquisas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial

Autores/as

Simona Tobia Teaching Fellow – UCL, UNITED KINGDOM Kluge Fellow – Library of Congress, Washington, DC Honorary Fellow – University of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6368-8469

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Resumen

Este artículo relata el papel de los interrogatorios militares en el servicio de inteligencia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, concentrándose sobre todo sobre la importancia de la cultura para comprender lo que llamamos el factor humano en Inteligencia en el teatro europeo de operaciones. Se argumenta que las cuestiones culturales, incluidas las relativas las lenguas, aunque no solo estas, proporcionaban un valor añadido a los interrogatorios y las entrevistas en el segundo conflicto mundial, por ejemplo por el empleo de hablantes nativos, en particular los refugiados y antiguos extranjeros enemigos. El artículo también se ocupa de algunos de los problemas de este proceso, que comportaba el maltrato a los prisioneros y en consecuencia un mal proceso de recogida de información. Se intenta también añadir el aporte de las historias orales a las fuentes de archivos, para alcanzar una mejor comprensión del papel del ser humano en los interrogatorios de los servicios de inteligencia.

Palabras clave

Prisioneros, Interrogatorios, Relaciones culturales, Ocupación, Segunda Guerra Mundial

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Biografía del autor/a

Simona Tobia, Teaching Fellow – UCL, UNITED KINGDOM Kluge Fellow – Library of Congress, Washington, DC Honorary Fellow – University of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM

Teaching Fellow – UCL, UNITED KINGDOM
Kluge Fellow – Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Honorary Fellow – University of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM