Hitler's Last Chief of Foreign Intelligence: Allied Interrogations of Walter Schellenberg

359 Pages·2003·2.25 MB·English

by  R. Doerries

HITLER’S LAST CHIEF OF FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE
Allied Interrogations of Walter Schellenberg

HITLER’S LAST CHIEF OF
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
Allied Interrogations of Walter Schellenberg
REINHARD R.DOERRIES

FRANK CASS
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Hitler’s last chief of foreign intelligence: Allied interrogations of Walter Schellenberg 1.
Schellenberg, Walter, 1910–1952—Interviews 2. Schutzstaffel 3. Intelligence officers—
Germany— Interviews 4. Intelligence service—Germany—History— 20th century 5. Germany—
Politics and government— 1933–1945 I. Doerries, Reinhard R. 940.5′48743′092
ISBN 0-203-01809-5 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-7146-5400-0 (Print Edition) (cloth)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hitler’s last chief of foreign intelligence: Allied interrogations of Walter Schellenberg/ edited by
Reinhard R.Doerries. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7146-5400-0
1. Schellenberg, Walter, 1910–1952. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Secret service—Germany. 3.
Military intelligence—Germany—History—20th century. 4. Nazis-Biography. 5. Intelligence
officers—Germany—Biography. 6. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
Schutzstaffel—Biography. I. Doerries, Reinhard R.
DD247.S338H58 2003 940.54′8743′092–dc21 [B] 2003040936
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Contents

List of Illustrations vii
List of Abbreviations ix
Foreword xiii
Preface xv

1
SS-Brigadeführer Walter Schellenberg

42
Final Report on the Case of Walter Friedrich Schellenberg

176
Appendices

Appendix I: Amt IV (Gruppe IV E) Organisation and Cases 178
Appendix II: Schellenberg’s observations on the organisation of Amt VI and 191

Mil. Amt
Appendix III: Amt VI and Russia 200
Appendix IV: Amt VI—Collaboration with the Japanese 204
Appendix V: Amt VI—Activities against Persia, Palestine and India 209
Appendix VI: Amt VI—Post-Defeat plans 214
Appendix VII: Financial Affairs of the RSHA and Amt VI 217
Appendix VIII: Amt VI—Penetration of German Industry 221
Appendix IX: The Work of the Police Attaches 224
Appendix X: Horia Sima and Rumania 225
Appendix XI: Schellenberg’s Relations with the Swedish Intelligence Service 227
Appendix XII: Schellenberg’s Relations with the Swiss Intelligence Service 229
Appendix XIII: The Vlassov Movement 232
Appendix XIV: Rote Kapelle 234
Appendix XV: Jahnke and the Jahnkeburo 236
Appendix XVI: Kranefuss and the Freundeskreis 239
Appendix Kersten, Himmler’s Osteopath Masseur 241

XVII:
Appendix ‘Irrefuhrung’ (Deception) 245

XVIII:
Appendix XIX: Werewolf 248
Appendix XX: Deciphering 250
Appendix XXI: The I-Netze in Occupied Territories 253
Appendix The I-Netze in Neutral Countries 263

XXII:
Appendix Miscellaneous Personalities 268

XXIII:
Notes 281
Bibliography 318
Index 320
List of Illustrations

1. Walter Schellenberg, passport photograph, 1933. Courtesy of the

National Archives, College Park, MD.

2. Walter Schellenberg, passport photograph, 1934. Courtesy of the

National Archives, College Park, MD.

3. Walter Schellenberg, passport photograph, 1937. Courtesy of the

National Archives, College Park, MD.

4. Walter Schellenberg, passport photograph, 1938. Courtesy of the

National Archives, College Park, MD.

5. Sigismund Payne Best. From After the Battle (London).

6. Richard Stevens. From After the Battle (London).

7. Heinrich Himmler, 1938. Courtesy of Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, 183-

R 99621.

8. Folke Count Bernadotte. Courtesy of Friedrich Reinhardt AG, Basel.

9. Reinhard Heydrich, 1940. Courtesy of Budesarchiv, Koblenz, 183-R

98683.

10. Wilhelm Canaris. Courtesy of Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, 146–

79/13/43.

11. Joachim von Ribbentrop, 1938. Courtesy of Bundesarchiv, Koblenz,

102–18086.

12. Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Courtesy of Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, 183-R

64933.
13. Walter Schellenberg, date uncertain. Courtesy of the National

Archives, College Park, MD.

14. Walter Schellenberg, during the Nuremberg trials. Courtesy of Der

Spiegel, Hamburg.

15. The parole of Walter Schellenberg, 1950. Courtesy of the National

Archives, College Park, MD.
Abbreviations
Most of the abbreviations listed appear in the ‘Final Report on the Case of Walter
Friedrich Schellenberg’. Not all abbreviations could be identified.
AA Auswärtiges Amt (German Foreign Office)
AB Aktiebolaget
AO Ausländer-Organisation
Ast Abwehrstelle
Auslandsabtl. Auslandsabteilung
Auslandsabtg. Auslandsabteilung
BAB Bundesarchiv Berlin (National Archives, Germany)
BAMA Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv, Freiburg
BAOR (B.A.O.R.) British Army of the Rhine
BDC Berlin Document Center
C.E. Counter Espionage
CI Counter Intelligence
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CO Commanding Officer
Col. Colonel
COSSAC Chief of Staff Supreme Allied Command
CSDIC Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Center
CSS Central Security Service
DNB Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro
E Entry (NA)
F.I.A.T. Field Information Agency, Technical Control Commission
for Germany
FAK Frontaufklärung/Frontaufklärungskommando
FO Foreign Office (PRO)
Frl. Fräulein
G-2 US Military Intelligence
Gestapo Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police)
GIS German Intelligence Service