The "Miked" or "M" room, a secret World War II British intelligence listening facility, is pictured inside the new Trent Park Museum, after its recent opening in Enfield, north London, on July 29. | AFP-JIJI
Aug 6, 2026
ENFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM – Upstairs, Nazi generals enjoyed wine and lounged in elegant rooms. Downstairs in the basement, a team of covert listeners followed their chatter, gleaning vital insights into Germany’s war plans.
During World War II, Trent Park, a country house north of London, was turned into a camp for high-ranking German prisoners of war.
Now it has become a museum called Trent Park House of Secrets, which highlights the role of the team of German speakers, most of them Jewish refugees, who transcribed tidbits from the prisoners’ bugged conversations.
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