When a stateside acquaintance sent me this National Public Radio (NPR) article about White House To Oversee New Interrogation Team, which honored Hanns Scharff ‘s work, I felt immediately transferred back to our very first podcast Graham and I had done in January 2007.
Our topic was then A walk through Camp King and during the podcast, we also talked a bit about Hanns Joachim Scharff, the German interrogator, who detained and questioned captured airmen in World War II. Not only did his distinctive methods break down barriers so effectively that the USAF invited him to speak about his methods to military audiences in the United States after World War II, but they are still being taught to young interrogators today.
One of the last original buildings (repainted autumn 2009) of Camp King, where Hanns Scharff used to work.
Hanns Joachim Scharff, in his position as Intelligence Officer, gained the reputation as the man who could get all the answers he needed from prisoners of war.
What exactly did Scharff do or say to make his prisoners drop their guard and converse even though they were conditioned to remain silent?
The Interrogator, written by Raymond T. Toliver and Hanns Joachim Scharff, are available at:
The Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff: Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe (Schiffer Military History)
The Interrogator: The Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe (Schiffer Military History)
The Interrogator: Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe (Schiffer Military History)
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