Trent Park, Nazi bugging site, opens as museum

Trent Park, a North London mansion used by British intelligence to secretly record Nazi officers during World War II, is opening as a museum. The site, known as the 'House of Secrets', housed high-ranking German prisoners of war who were unaware their conversations were being monitored. The intelligence gathered from these recordings provided vital information about Nazi operations, including the Holocaust. The museum will feature exhibits on the bugging operation and the prisoners' lives. The opening is scheduled for 2025, following a £5.9 million restoration funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and other donors. The project aims to preserve this little-known aspect of wartime history.