Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence

The main headquarters of the MfS—a vast sprawling complex under tight security—was located in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Although an ex ...

out the GDR to prevent the destruction of documents ordered by Op- eration reisswolf. On 15 January 1990, the largest demonstrat ...

mixture of genuine and doctored secret information, which, accord- ing to HVA chief Markus Wolf, contained “some valuable undis- ...

in the Ravensbrück concentration camp where Abwehr documents continued to be delivered for processing, Moltke did not face pros- ...

Müller once claimed that his main target on the stage was “Ger- man history.” In January 1993, Müller (code names heiner and zem ...

carrying out the administrative details of the Final Solution, particu- larly in the period following the assassination of Heydr ...

questioning and was held in a number of concentration camps for the remainder of the war. His political career resumed following ...

as becoming chief of the General Staff of the Nationale Volksarmee (National People’s Army) in 1956. Although he maintained ties ...

University of Vienna in 1905 led to close personal ties with members of the reigning Habsburg family. Because of his exceptional ...

– N – “N.” The intelligence department of the German imperial navy, “N” (Nachrichten-Abteiling) was formed in 1901 and located i ...

munication with the Berlin headquarters became a major obstacle once Germany’s overseas cables were severed in August 1914. More ...

Nevertheless, the NfO encountered numerous obstacles—petty rivalries among the loosely organized staff, its wide geographical or ...

Wehrmacht forces at Stalingrad. Conceived by the propaganda divi- sion of the Red Army, the initial group—25 prisoners of war fr ...

conceived Operation bernhard, the plan to flood England with counterfeit bank notes. For disobeying one of Heydrich’s orders, Na ...

that Nebe inflated these numbers to account for executions purposely never carried out. Moreover, working with a friend of Hans ...

Partei Deutschlands. The advent of Nazi rule forced him to emi- grate to England, where he earned a doctorate in political scien ...

primarily on Russia’s Baltic provinces and the military districts of Vilnius and St. Petersburg. In 1913, Nicolai replaced Wilhe ...

Niedermayer was made its military leader, although dissension soon developed with Werner Hentig, who had taken charge of diplo- ...

An expanded “Reich list” of people to be arrested or shot circulated beforehand among Hermann Göring, Werner von Blomberg, Hein- ...

October 1841. Afterward, he held a series of police-related positions in Vienna, Innsbruck, and Linz before his retirement in 18 ...