colleagues he helped bring into the fledgling organization were two
KGB moles, Hans Clemens and Heinz Felfe. Krichbaum’s own
double allegiance—dating from at least 1950—did not come to the
attention of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency until 1963.KRIEGSNACHRICHTENSTELLE (KNSt). An outpost located in
German border towns or in occupied territory during World War I,
a Kriegsnachrichtenstelle (war intelligence center), engaged in both
information gathering and agent recruitment. Established in No-
vember 1914, the largest KNSt on the western front was located in
Antwerp. It also operated a spy school for missions directed at France
and Great Britain. Operations involving Russia were coordinated by
the KNSt Berlin-Ost beginning in July 1916. Other KNSts could be
found in Lörrach, Strasbourg, Wesel, Lindau, Hamburg, Bucharest,
Sofia, and Piraeus.
KRIEGSORGANISATION (KO). An Abwehr residency directly
subordinate to Abwehr main headquarters, a Kriegsorganisation
(war organization) was located in an embassy or consulate of various
neutral countries. Beginning in 1938, these stations could be found
in Madrid (KO Spanien), Korwo (KO Litauen), Belgrade (KO Jugo-
slavien), Bern (KO Schweiz), Lisbon (KO Portugal), Ankara (KO
Naher Osten), Tabris (KO Iran), and Sofia (KO Bulgarien). During
World War II, the KO Spanien under Wilhelm Leissner emerged
as the largest, with some 30 substations in the country. The work
of the KO was not necessarily directed at the host country, which
served rather as a launch pad for further operational activity. Most
of the male staff, including agents recruited from the local German
population, belonged to the armed forces but maintained the outward
appearance of civilians. See also ABWEHRSTELLE.
KRÜGER, BERNHARD. See BERNHARD.
KRÜGER, BRUNO (1924–1955) and SUSANNE (1925–1955). An
East German husband and wife who were kidnapped and executed
for fleeing to the West, Bruno and Susanne Krüger both worked for
the regional administration of the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
in Schwerin. An interrogation officer, Bruno left for West Berlin
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