Dear members, I am very interested in finding out about ''Gen, Ian Bell'' who was also supposed to be a ''Nazi Hunter''. I was told he wrote a book post WWII on ''nazi hunting''. While there is a clip of the ''Gen'' being interviewed for a doc on Youtube, I have never been able to find a trace of him. Can anyone help on this please. thankyou
The book I believe is `No Place to hide’ by Ian Bell, Minerva Press London 1998. ISBN-10: 0754102815 Captain Bell was also interviewed about his work and sighting/allegations of Bormann`s alledged escape in the Granda television documentary series ,’War stories’. The programme, ‘Nazi Hunter’deals with Bell’s experiences as a Prisoner of War, and later as part of thewar crimes commission. Captain Ian Bell (British Army and War Crimes Investigator) was once, I believe, considered for a front page story in the `Victor` comic book but the fact that as a POW he was tortured and had his teeth extracted with pliers in an attempt to make him talk was deemed to be a little too graphic for the young readers. He was also stood in front of a firing squad, but was reprieved. Hear it from the man him self;- Gestapo interrogation Video - Prisoners of War videos on History Ian Bell served with Royal Engineers in North Africa. He was captured, escaped and worked with Italian partisans. Recaptured by Germans and POW in Germany until 1945. Post-War he worked with the War Crimes Investigation Unit tracking Nazi and Italian war criminals Jim
Dear Jim, very kind of you, great information! Do you have any idea if Gen Bell is still alive? best regards and thank you again
Sorry no idea perhaps an enquiry at the IWM might be fruitful? I am aware he did a recorded interview for them unfortunately the audio on the IWM site is down for the moment. Bell, Ian (Oral history) Jim
Very Grateful Jim, your first post and information has proved to be VERY useful this afternoon THANK YOU! xx
Hi, I know this is very late in the day (your post from nearly 10 years ago!) but i have met Ian myself when i was younger. He became friends with my Grandmother, Mother and Aunt some years ago and we visited on occasion to his home in Norwich (if i remember correctly!) where we met him and his Wife. He also visited my parents home on the Wirral much later however I'm sad to report he died somewhere around 2005-8 - I can provide more specific details if necessary. I can however confirm his book is 'No Place to Hide' and its a great read! Hope this information hasn't arrived too late!
