Agency 114

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Agency 114 (

Holocaust who have never been brought to justice.[3]

Origin

Colonel Reinhard Gehlen, c. 1943

Following the onset of the Cold War, for over twenty years West Germany did not prosecute many war criminals. Thousands of them led normal lives, often in positions of prominence, power, and wealth, protected by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who held that office from 1949 to 1963.[4][5] Agency 114 was established within the Gehlen Organization soon after World War II. The United States Army, seeking intelligence on activities of Soviet agents within the American-occupied zone of Germany, brought the assignment to Reinhard Gehlen, previously of the Wehrmacht,[6] who proceeded to initiate the Agency 114 operation.[7]

Activities

At the height of the

pacifists.[3]

By this time, Agency 114 was headed by Alfred Benzinger, nicknamed "der Dicke" (Fatty),[8] a former sergeant in the Wehrmacht secret military police, the Geheime Feldpolizei. Former Nazis who worked in Agency 114 included Konrad Fiebig[9] and Walter Kurreck [de].[10]

References

  1. OCLC 493481517
  2. OCLC 803751072
  3. ^ a b Klaus Wiegrefe, "The Nazi Criminals Who Became German Spooks", Der Spiegel. February 16, 2011.
  4. ^ "About Simon Wiesenthal". Simon Wiesenthal Center. 2013. Section 11. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  5. ^ Hartmann, Ralph (2010). "Der Alibiprozeß". Den Aufsatz kommentieren (in German). Ossietzky 9/2010. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  6. OCLC 91785168
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  7. ^ W.P. (2011). ""Polskie obozy koncentracyjne" wymyśliły niemieckie tajne służby ("Polish death camps" invented by German secret service)". Wręcz Przeciwnie (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.
  8. ^ Klaus Eichner, Gotthold Schramm. Angriff und Abwehr. Die deutschen Geheimdienste nach 1945, 2007 - Alfred Benzinger, p. 89.
  9. ^ Klaus Eichner, Gotthold Schramm. "Angriff und Abwehr. Die deutschen Geheimdienste nach 1945", 2007 - Konrad Fiebig Einsatzkommando 9 der Einsatzgruppe in Witebsk p. 83.
  10. ^ Klaus Eichner, Gotthold Schramm. Angriff und Abwehr. Die deutschen Geheimdienste nach 1945, 2007 - Walter Kurreck geboren am 25. Juni 1911, ...Sturmbannfuhrer ab 1941 ... p. 127.
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