Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence

established Liberal-Demokratische Partei in the Soviet occupation zone. In 1949, he became vice president of the first governmen ...

the White Russian émigré general Anton Turkul. The two transmit- ters—one presumably inside the Kremlin, the other behind the Ur ...

occurred shortly thereafter. To establish his credentials with the new regime, Kegel jointed the Nazi Party in 1934 and was assi ...

thorities, he and his three associates were arrested in March 1942 as part of a massive spy roundup throughout the country. Sent ...

included Jews, Bolsheviks, and Masons. Through Anna Wolkoff, a naturalized British citizen and the daughter of a White Russian a ...

his therapeutic massages for the relief of acute stomach pain. The Finnish ambassador to Germany urged Kersten to remain, despit ...

Russian Revolution as a student in Tartu. Sentenced but amnestied after three months, he remained illegally in Estonia as a key ...

of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Defense Min- ister Manfred Wörner confronted the general with the accusation t ...

training under the supervision of GRU chief Jan Karlovich Berzin. Returning to Germany, Kippenberger reorganized the secret mili ...

behind Soviet lines. A recipient of the Knight’s Cross in December 1944, Kirn wrote under the name Dietrich F. Witzel after the ...

the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands in 1931 but was forced to immigrate to Holland, then Belgium, after a deadly street battl ...

of his various assignments, which also came to include signals and electronic intelligence raids. Beginning in March 1951, a pla ...

the Venlo Incident led to a new assignment as head of a small com- mando group in France in June 1940. Following France’s capitu ...

in 1947. Three years later, she received the assignment of cultivating male officials involved in the FRG’s rearmament program. ...

sailors at waterfront establishments to acquire data regarding the convoy traffic to Europe. Some 600 messages—sent either via t ...

KOLBE, FRITZ (1900–1971). One of the most prized Allied agents during World War II, Fritz Kolbe was born in Berlin on 25 Septem- ...

In sum, Kolbe delivered 1,600 pieces of diplomatic correspondence between the Foreign Office and 30 German missions in Europe an ...

avoid unexpected revelations within East Germany about suspected Nazis—and to aid the disinformation campaigns directed at the F ...

To facilitate his application for U.S. citizenship, the CIA changed his name to Igor Orlov because of a drunk driving charge and ...

was born in Moscow on 20 June 1876, the son of German parents. As a cavalry officer during World War I, he had the task of assem ...