Montagu Bernard Shapiro, alias Monte, Monty

Date: 1951-1960 Reference: KV 2/4039 (2) Creator: Security Service Catalogue context: Montagu Bernard SHAPIRO, alias Monte, Monty: British, South African. SHAPIRO first came to notice in 1937 in close touch with known communists and in 1938 was secretary of the communist-sponsored British Youth Peace Assembly. In 1940 he was reported to be using his position as an air-raid warden to organize a Tenants' Defence League and was kept under observation while serving in the RAF. Reported missing in action in 1943, he was a prisoner of war in Germany until he was repatriated in 1944. After the war he was active as a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, on the committee of his local branch, and a member of its Psychologists' Group and of the Association of Scientific Workers. He resigned from the Party in 1956 Categories: Military Subjects: Cold War; Air Force; Communism; Europe and Russia; Internment; Labour; Operations, battles and campaigns Topics: British state and citizens; Business, finance and innovation; International trade and affairs; Military and war Period: Postwar Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf