Molly Hiscox
 Molly Hiscox    (spook) | |
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| Born | 1910 Hendon, England |
| Member of | Right Club |
British member of the National Union of Fascists who was convicted of espionage in 1941. | |
Gertrude (Molly) Hiscox' was a British member of the National Union of Fascists who was convicted of espionage in 1941.
Background
She was born in Hendon, England in 1910.[1]
Activities
Spartacus educational has a full article on the espionage case.
She held right-wing views and joined the National Union of Fascists in 1934 and was the Organizer of the 8th London Area BUF. Hiscox became involved in the secret Right Club. It was established by Archibald Ramsay, the Conservative MP for Peebles and Southern Midlothian, in May 1939. This was an attempt to unify all the different right-wing groups in Britain.[1]
In 1935 she began visiting Nazi Germany. During one visit she met Norah Briscoe. On 20th January 1941, Norah took a job as a typist in the Ministry of Supply, where she had access to sensitive documents. Norah Briscoe joined forces with Molly Hiscox to get these documents to Nazi Germany.[1]
Briscoe, when attempting to hand handed over to a "German" agent working for MI5, men from Special Branch were in the next room and a few moments later they arrested the two women. Briscoe and Hiscox appeared before the magistrate on 17th March 1941 on charges under the Treachery Act (1940). They were convicted and sentenced to five years penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court on 16th June 1941.[1]
