Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence

was born in Front Royal, Virginia, on 13 February 1884, the son of German immigrants. At the age of 10, he moved to Germany and ...

tion to a German ally, and to arm elements of the Mexican army in the Sonora province to invade the United States. Despite a per ...

(Model’s Hat) was conceived, whereby Chanel would attempt to use her personal influence with British Prime Minister Winston Chur ...

fully informed about his venture, the MfS refrained from taking any immediate action. After seeing no viable alternative, Domasc ...

informer for the East German military counterintelligence (code name rebell). In 1955, having completed several military trainin ...

Dronkers was found guilty and hanged at Wandsworth Prison on 31 December. DU MOULIN-ECKART, KARL LEONHARDT COUNT (1900– 1991). A ...

United States in July 1902. He found employment as a journalist— writing and lecturing principally about African game hunting—an ...

During their subsequent meetings, Duquesne provided Sebold with ample information—notably about the scope of America’s military ...

imprisoned at Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen. Because of his artistic skills, the Sicherheitsdienst compelled Edel to work in the f ...

join the Austrian branch of the Nazi Party and the SS (Schutzstaffel, or Protection Squad) in April 1932. Returning to Germany, ...

to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Lutz Eigendorf was born in Brandenburg an der Havel on 16 July 1956. In 1970, after at ...

Germany, William Borm was a prized Einflussagent working for Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung. See also BRAUN, JOSEF. EINSATZGRUPPEN. ...

Returning to the German Democratic Republic in 1949 and taking a position with the People’s Police, Elsner became a member of th ...

ENGELMANN, BERNT (1921–1994). A prominent and prolific West German writer who became an informer for the Hauptverwaltung Aufklär ...

1923, attracted by the country’s economic prospects, Engels left for Brazil as a employee of the Siemens firm. Other positions s ...

ENGELSHOFEN, JOSEPH CLANNERN VON. The second and fi- nal head of the Mainzer Informationsbüro (MIB), Joseph Clannern von Engelsh ...

Military Technology and Procurement in Coblenz; the other, code name blanche, held a similar position in the Federal Defense Min ...

Number 184”—around the turn of the century, especially given the Austrians’ superior network of more than 100 agents in Russia. ...

misrepresentation by a recruiter to gain a more favorable reception by a potential agent. The procedure, also known as fremde Fl ...

lieutenant before the end of the war. In 1945, he was a British pris- oner of war in the Netherlands. Following a brief period o ...