Karl-Erich Kühlenthal
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Major Karl-Erich Kühlenthal (1908 – October 25, 1975) was a German spy and one of the most senior Abwehr agents in Spain during World War II.
Although the head of German intelligence in Spain was then Wilhelm Leissner, alias "Gustav Lenz"codename "Heidelberg", Admiral Wilhelm Canaris had taken a shine to Kühlenthal to the extent that Leissner was effectively superseded. Kühlenthal's reports were very well received in Berlin, albeit that (from a British point of view) Kühlenthal was so easily duped that he "was the ideal spy to pass (dis)information, because he was worse than useless".[1]
Kühlenthal was a Mischling—"a half-blood Jew" with a Jewish grandmother, Canaris had managed to secure an Aryan certificate for him in 1941.[a]
In 1943, when the body of "
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Notes
Citations
- ^ Ben MacIntyre Operation Mincemeat page 168
- ^ Talty 2012, pp. 104–05.
- ^ Talty 2012, p. 42.
Bibliographies
- ISBN 9780747598688.
- ISBN 9780547614816.
External links
- History of Dienz family (in German) Does not cover Kühlenthal's spy activities.