OECLASSIFIED A110 Itt1tiq t0 ItY LUDWIG or LOUIS NEBELCENTRAL INTE1L10tNtt AltittsouRcEsMETH001 tXtMPtIONiiiiNAZI wAR CRIMEItIltelMlnitAtt -

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Leo IVI,U11..ANN

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Louis BAMIGARTNER

,Inrenz NI:EDEINAnR (on German passport,.never used

Louis NEUVILLE. (on Swiss paSspolit;ne-srer elEilid) •

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. • "I was• born on Augu.at 4th 14±V.ss the fourth and last 'child: of •The O rlOr a?.•...1 Sophie; nis Kanton. Solothurn. •fat her had • bu......./;layor Of . the • villagS . • •fOr . tha...n.thirty• 'years; and. was asmall farmer, My Mother tau.ght. in Hochwald .p. • .

. small . village of 450 inhabiftlints, •, krarY. higbü in the.!:pOlathurn • Jura'. , Theinhabit ant s lived principally by agridtiltura . aral'triidit .**it•h. the •• tteiztlbtotr,3 1117town of Basle. As r have. ali.eady were.'foUr.....ishildren. My fades:. - •brother, Theodor,' was born in . 1899 and was..a.' mechanic.. • He 'went to Phila-delphia, U.S.A., in 1921 and to . rty regret I have 'heard nothing of him since •about 192,8. • Next Came our sista': SciphiS, • born . in 1901, and married in . : •1925 to an amplOyee of • the Swi.sa ,: railwa'y at Olten. • Then oame Josef, born1908,... a la.boitrer, and scnte ,tixtte •,ago, With four sons •

ii.' My youth was Very . plc:ABE:int:a:id 'simnzif the :Greet Weir- pa40. °Ver.us witheut we .children noticing I go . through z..t.uzi :riaceesary...grAdeS-:ia.

the village school wIry quickly and with great .easii''.0.thea.stonishment of my varents, who mr.intained that I was Sort often seen on the.playground than where- else .t he' contrary; . ntr tisk:her :once • saiLd to •. • '

me: "Louis, • one'. •day you win be a ofr eat man,: Or you .wip,....end up in•sail"..Who can deny that ...this 'Iran wait a prophet? ' •

Aft thu villav • schoel i. I spent three years' in a' seconaitkyst...hOo l in the neighbouring village' of Bdren. My teachers and pazientii hoped

• that, .si,inul fited by my success, I might turn into sOmething special:, • ad it .was decided, that I should contir.uc nr; studies. • I .went to the Kant:on'Schoolat SolothUrn. There my Misel.7 started, alt .hougn it was • better ror e thanfor my teachers. It was not that I was unable .to . understand.the.9.iaisOns •• • ••through lack of intelligence, C no, .I Nit could not . keep still0 I ;* : •was only interested in languages,. history •and...:spOrt, lasted: •for three years. • During this time qv mother did 'and not hing . could restrainme any longer. After I had received • so . many 'black: *Marks itrom uiy . teo.6here, •

•and had. committed so many offences csgainst the iáhoor rulea;was • exPelledin the spring of 1930, to. the groat' disappointnient 'fat bar.. :I . breathedmore freely after escaping from this lying .bourgeoisie ,which can on1;y:.flourish.in a town like Solothurn, concealed behind: its century-old...walls ' '' . • •

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•. • Like all students, we were interested.in polities. .•MY:' •.student• • •

days were pe.ssed during the years Of . The apparent • increased.-prosperity/of the. first years safer the 'Great War waa.. over,. and-there . was • ' •unemployment everywhere. Logically, '-a young • and ..seriiible ..man turns:..toyiards.,•.that side on which ho hopis . to find . soCitil ',11-isticei. • • All my. comrades were •on the left, ranging from the pale °rat -•te the reddest • .

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•adherent of Moscow, Strangely enough, I did not agree with. th=. I wasa National Socialist, a Swiss Nati ona-.; Socialist, thanks to ow democratic.u pbringing.

V. After my expulsion from school, I was forced to earn my ownAfter working for, a short, while in a garage, I found. a good job in the offio-a.of. •,:a •I tobacco :firm 'called MAX OETTINGER A.G. at Biala..

vi. In 1932 I became a soldie .r, spending the :firs ..seventy days in ar.

•, training school for recruits. Late I had to Ate saicialled. refresher course.

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of two or three weeks each year. *I remairied.....iir. the -fisiti .:6f MAX OETTINGERuntil t he suramer of 1935, when I . acquired .. a ,retail t oba06. _shop ; of rAy :own. .I was soon known as a- Nazi and ipeOPle reftiied'. .t&. ;she**. **47. 111•10i.. h .ng to.* .a.o . with . me'.After about a.,year. I was completely -med. I isist:,,:admie'ths..t.at: this timeI lost my head and instead of at tending...st,to Germany f cf. t he . Glyn:if-AZ*6'Games. - :: 1938 I was .arrested andisenteneed34"Ei.: militay ib.i.a2. to six months' imprisonment,'but was nOtqdischargid- • from the Army, .:,•;.• • • • • • * • •:••:.''',2•••••• • •

. . . . . .vi. In February 1938 I. Married Paula mEzER; . arirl:me .;.ran an inn near. .Basle together • At this time my affairs prospered. .:and • we took over a: st-v3ondrestaurant. In July I again . did: riv...milit .ary ser4oe,r but,just at t tirr.they ref% s ed to all ow me: to En *ire professiof of innkr)f. -4,-..... the •reason, polit:Wal, unreliability. OriCO .again, I, haCno';ititure..

•viii. _After this I worked as **chatiffeur,' • mason s, driver in a Marketdocker, I„ never . asked for a . cent .. ,of:Publi6:.•..a.s.aiSi*O.e.:',...:::.Durit.tgj. at; st rUgg,te .

• ,• ;• ith a pelieeMan,.. I broke - some of hisimprisonment Then came the mob ili sat ion .. it ga*:.1939 .. • : • ' •

• "t t Aiiiiiiri4iaritieeBecau. se I . was an .expert-,::. sici, I. was pu , lice ,.; :p4f:.. •the Italia.n..frantier. •••• . •,:. • •••. ' : •

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-:. ix. ..1/1,1:1a*,&arib.er. 44-0 . 1 .vnigs . arrested .. a.nti;;;fouridt:•giiii.... .. i.y.... o.t,::,baving::offended •• • '...

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i s t atio il . at , Basle; In AugUat •:•. 1941 . T.:;a0.in;did.: ::..My :!..Miiithitt4siii4iikki';,:• • arid . after" some days there,........was,once...?.more arrested :..:...On;.:the. ;.siiine, ',.;:.;o1.:iiiztetutitre.l'e as ed .,. aftin- .. five . week's .. .',„ . . goi:Seiieince .Witi•::eirei...;prOne.iinoeX:igiariit)ird.,:::•tisid..4:4.**1.1'.1ixtc,v.ar..,;:,1:04

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XO By this time.,..I.,.had become ,.fed• •up.:with..t he ...delitooratl.o,„;liberty:jor. .: . •• •

;. Switzerlind?., :My •private: life was not going as s)vell...'as,.1:‘.CittioulC'.hatirs14 ecii. : • . .. ,• though it *was entirely -Ay arm frtn.7l.t .-: . r•I- decided..t .6 :eiceie . to • GirMsny.',Aria..•...... .

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2 Jan 1 42 1. On the 2nd January 1942, .NEBEL illegall;y•crossed the Swissfrontier arriving from •SWit zerland. at the German railway stationat Basle. .with • his luggage., He had decided to enlist' in the WaltalS.S. • NEBEL had been doing . an office .. job• inaaile station andknew t1 working of t he station well enough • t o .., oross 'the .. frontier •wit hou t d.i faculty He' Went t o •• the _Customs Polioe at .Rhein, •..where he was ordered, to go . t o Stuttp.rt .and.....report . In thePANORAMAHELM in . Panorannstrasse, NEBEL had 120 . • German Zarks withhim, which he had previously bought • in Switzerland. With this •money he ., bought his :own •ticket and went. to. Stuttgart 'wherepresent.Cd Iiimself at the„PANORAMAHErvi, a .reoeption..p entre for all

.SwiSs. subject s who had illegally come • ta ...petimariy....:: . The head atthe ,damp. was Obersturnfl f • Of;•..the:;.Waffen I'S: S. . a Swiss'ft.am Interlaken . rea • ...person.a1141n••• thesame political . views., l• NIMES !had •.b een *1 31 eilaa;nEiing , the nails of Dr. H..4.,....TTES1-7.7.7*.The.--7rittWen,:... .• enteredthe PANORAXtHEIM tatieiout 26 .SWiss . subject f•iii it, ofwhorn he remembers the following:

Jena CHARLES, from Geneva. •SCHULITi, an engineer: .from Geneva. . • .Henze BARONE, a ,painter • from • G.eneva.:, •.:Willi .STAMPILI, a .hairdresser. -Berne ,H. .FEILMANN, a postal . employee '•from;.,130:sle.:••rfWIRTH, , a preacher from

•Most of these were aged . between 18 • and ••30 • and.. virile:from .various •1Swiss ."tvgenprAtion" p.arties , such as :PRON.T.i ...:.9PUEPAILEONITARDT, .GRUFF'S D. SANERR, or SOH7EIZERISaIR:.SOZIALE.4:0Ett?.ISPARTEr. .Many of ttieni had flea from Switzerland. beCeiteiti.::thttt.?..had- con:Mittel'corminal offences and were .Wanted Swi es i.Polioe. •

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2. On arrival at the PANORAMAHEIM everyone had s...t o •virit e *his •curriculum. vitae > .and. state in.jwhichzerland, why he ha d fled` to Germany ; • and,..: what,;he o. do • inGermany. Many of the in nnt es' of"this' • 'eoeptiontcentre wereenrolled in the Waffen S,S,, though a:certain number went • intoindustry, .

• • •3. From tin to tin,, linter sturinfdhror ...grOTZ. 4, VOGEL , visitedthe reception centre and nnde from:new arriyals aboutthe political Situation in Switzerland.

. _4. When REBEL oxrivod he , yiciluntoered:•.for the • Waffen 5.5. Hewas interviewed by the S. S..-•Erthunzungsstelie••:Sddweat • Stuttgart,and. was feu nd Suitable, tint hi s • ::. papat's being. anaiieus.

Jen b '42 to do some work, he got; s hirmaif omPloyed" . fer four :weeks in theHEROLD„print rag . works,. IThilein these worke;,fie , Waw..i4c1.•tO reportto Dr; :. K.laus IWGLthe S.Dillteitahi3ChnitkixiiheReinsbarg- •straggr.--1/tiGEL, who WO% states now • head:: Of . :Amt VI in•Verona., told. him that, in ° future • i he (NEBEL), Was ...to: work. for "HITC-EL.

Feb '42 The latter . gave. him . a "Gernisn ruinte of. NEUMANN ..Y • Ct.si JJ.2in Stutt He had1 to sii a..:•deolarat on • •

• secrecy and was paid .. a monthly. .88.2.iiry„ ,,ar Heuptsturra-:4- wet,. Altir •er God.tlob jtA.„.„: of the S.D ... AniEiCastelle;.Schellingstrasse

Stuttgart ., provi e • `iDcM, 'withan office . here each doy hs•had•to read. the Swiss nevispa.pe.re' and • Summarise iri :rePort forni'Whatwas /happening in the various political parties.. . •

• • •. •April '42 5: mirmi e • of April.. 1942, NEBEL, was trarusferredilto

Miihlhau gen...Alsace , as it was :thOught t hat 'he,4Ou1.dr;be,:ablecarry ,. out ..hi s ..work more . (.1 as.ily near . thol..Swisic frontier_ Herented rooms in the house of. a dow, • „Frau • Au ga atinS:XOLLEE,4' See MEL'S a lifc-history to • 2.,1.42.

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at 18 Lorenzstrasse • NEBEL Opened an office Ostensibly for, comer-cial andihcinstrial purposes at this' address . 1ran'Augtiatine •MULLER wee the• mother of .NEBEL' s fiEtna6e (Seci .'ilater) ti..• r

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6; When . he first started...at .had. to reportto Hauptsturmfdhrer Ernst MAYE1.2 OfIldhlhausen., Later:re reported.. to Au ia_a_t_jragatatiAu s s ens!: elle at. lArrach, who sent him the 'lafeilk..t newspapersevery, day, .••:;•7.•

. 7. Soon after arriving in . Mdhlhausen NJ.37EL• ,m#..a:SwiSs, Jaoob2 .. NUNDINGT7R, who.lived in the FloraStasSe2Mahlhausenv• wad7t . -h- wor n for Ast Stuttgart,.specia/iSingA:n Swiss

mi/itary'mat era, thouE . a er eTe'd. theWaffeh'S;S.' ..11EILTasked NEIOL to arrange for a 'certain V-Mann'EDWIN • (the realchristiannameof the agent ). to be' aMdggIedj.intO-Switzerland asNEBZEM knew the workings .of the frontier very well0'.1TERKE,'was

.paid 100 .;Marks for this work. Later Ir-Mann-2DWIN was arrested 64,-C1

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08 April 1 42 8. NEBEL was 'continually short of non and. therefore . Wanted -to return to Switzerland to collect elethes•; :arid other possessiem.::On the night of 2.8./24-e he....front.ier • nearBasle: and. ran, int o a Swiss • custome ••• OffiAidt‘;`i• ivhoin..hei. knocked • out .and ;':continued on his waT,77Vi—Cr-eaehiifg7•1-f.a.;sTrz..an s.:belongings to be 'Collected traa • his forthdr4riat, .atui .. on the',neXt•day, recrossed the frontier without being stoliped.'i•-.::.• • •

• . .9, :Once a week NEBEL went tci St. LudWig.,")Vei.1.;raziheirk.and.L8rraoh,where he Used to meet his former' party- oolleagues...who-were workingoh . the' German railways and were therefore' able • c3 ' enter German , . •territory, They brOUght,hi'm news about arrests' andlpoliticialdevelopment s. es,o- 6.1.4.1044

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May ; 42 :10.. NEBEL received. an order froRatati-mat to ..get:intO touch wit h• ; /240^a German agent in •Basic, . 1-tau ST., who' • was later.. arrested by the er• Le

S*ias PoliCe. . • •

11. Each week N7FRI, had to buy all 'available Eritaish'and 'Americannewspapers, 'magazines, city directories and books, 'and. send • them to

. the . S:D. Leitabseh:nit;t Stuttgart. -.This wOrk was done for'NEHELby the following employoee of the Gernian railwasy: •

ZOLLINCM of Basle, Swiss..Rudelf. AAUR.rof. Baile,.Swiiis4. •.Alfred'KUNZ.Of Baslu, Swiss,:

• Max .LEHMANN of Haltingen, GerMan:

•••••.•:- -.ruring th3,Ft time NEBEL was in Contact with the felloang German .agents who regularly came to the:PI-anti:err; • • .0•

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work5i for fhia-Ges.P.• •

Josef H0STETTLEVOP .4 t"LJaciob 13AHorst .

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12. In t. out umn of 14.2 • instriibtedl/F)40,RIG8L . 't •

get into t Ouch with /Ind.:penetrate:the •which.HUGEt expected . wouId''be:•very. active,:arousi •The object • was to find out the' ...names of :ageni-Birl6W—Vforthe:., ••• ...S.... •Swiss Intelligence Service. Towards the':•erid:OP.9,42.'NEBIZL'.•Madeseveral. journeys to Belfort and. belle but :WaSi•;iiii4ble'''!tti' 'do' any . good.because of the small fin-Inbi al means at • his •ditiCSELLT''' : : . • - •

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13. During 1942 NEBEL went to Stuttgart :-.wo or three. times toreport verbally to Dr, HUGEL. On each occasion•he was reproached ...for not doing good. enough work, to , which NEBEI;,.r.c.i .plied • that• he would (be quite happy to join the Illation S.S. ACtUally . NEBEL, did. not work )

• .very . hard ., having rented two. places for fishing near Mdhlhausen..'lie:4pften.fishea all day or went on trips to the Vosges.uountains.

Oct '42 • 14: ' In Ootober 1942; while at . Delle, NEBEL, met EMil ' WIER'ANN:.0 •Eduard tVORAK, a Swiss whom he had known in Bail°,

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uM-e-1715' it.p GONDRAND (phonetic) for Ast Ltirrach, and. for Dr. WANGLER .(not ceWTiEn whether elias or realvnawriorked,at Pontarlier.WIEMANN had: . been condemned to two years imprisOnment in Switzerland \at the 'beginning of the war for espionage en - behalT of-GerMany.,

.,.. •15. A i ; German Andre MUTTER, was working at this time near Belfortfor . t he, 3.D. at - • " spoke excellent : French: and. in thespring Of 1944 ecame interpreter for the S.D. attijoril' Ootober1944 IUTTER was working in this capacity for the S.D.. at Belfort.

16. While at Mdhlhausens MEL saw a good deal of Untaisturmfftrer.PritzCz.)...L;73/ENDLE of the Gestapo. NL.13EL however wai never in, touchwitlithe S. 771-t—Herfl'Ort.

•Spring '45 17. In* the spring of 1943 HUGEL instructed. 1'044 .t get 'into touch

with on American .subject -in, the firm. of..BOHRINGER & Cie at Ber-ne., . :41-1•46 e N4as , of .':GerMan . ..origin th an. ,American su Ject,......and had . MOrier .in ri.zany. Dnuji. .sen '2,OLLIN-GERrefe e t o above, -V6-130-1-iie7.rcrg-S•rBtatrtidER.. if • he would be .willingto return' to the United. States anti iypik there on behalf of the German •Intelligence Service, : BOHRLNGER'. e.greed; • :',.,bstNtaidethik#4*.1:4:ibri that •his Money, which was frozen'in•Germany's1.;:,7/.iititt.'.1./i-formed Berlin eil-oift7HOMITNGER •to Berlin 'as SturrabanniIhrer NEB,' heard :no . ziOre abOut :this. matter.

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,April '43 18. In the middle of 4 ril 943 ..pr.....gnati,. petit '.NEBEL:..12,000 francsand. • instructed him to a a our weeZai , -tr43 -̀ in ,the -4 SoUth-..of..Prance,the raiSsion being to make' enquires ' 'abditt:-...thei'r;eactiOris ..; :Of -.,the''..[Frenohpopulation to the Italian boCuPat iOn, s 'NEBEL • ".Vis it cici;TC416.11,. % St. • :Raphael, Frojus, Canned, Nice,.. and Monto. : Cal.16;,:..PaS44.14 .•*60,ti -4rOnsand Marseilles; he then' wen;.; to . 'Berlid t'On;. iiiport;:- : ' He ..,. -mai *. t,.. ..,..in Amt VI at 52 Be1 in- h .....:-•introdnrcrtifirtrtfiklirearc3F.71.bil:i ..mt.3E14,..j1122:EitiraLan.t.2._-

2,13,0..asteila= if : he . would „work; .in ,the. . N../ ...-:Net z

i taiirlhIrilltitrgaTI -. heard. of .:. this ;organisation. ..• He...was :.told to .(Nachtiohten InvasionAd&U4.44.1.4.442iiiiati.." •Thierirtgrrirst • _J

buy or rent a . cafd .SOMOW here . . in the-;":stillth-Of 7Pitilicie .'and:reziain-i here . .after the invasion, first . he had: to be trained at ... al..radio , saidel. •nazi agreed to this proposal are returned . to,„MithlhaUrieh.to &)•.$ve.it. fUrther iinatxuctiohz. . • • i•(,

19. From the ere of May Until the end' Of July he did little ctiier >than become the father of hia . ..fi.. d 's daughter; He..freqiiently went .to Belfort to buy food because The food situation had become very 'bad

)uly '43 in GermanY arid.'was getting Worse. .•... At the end 'of . July 1943 the S.D.Mahlhausen; was instructed by Berlin to . send NEBEL to Rotterdam.

„ NEBEL' left, for Rotterdam On 6th AU ' if: . ' ;.,...Wa.7.7.-etz*."724—M: Brussels. On arrival at Roid.m, he re .oi:ted'',:tcth.e 8.D:' who -, • ;

immediately sent him to the 'A-Sehrile Wes 'Called in October 19' .f..: • A-Sohule gstlsv, between -the .. -' ,.. s. ,41.124.,40..t4g#0422,,, T ...sohool. - 7 .ter, . .- f

c3ctiaif.e".1:011 . a park • • houses between,: jam': Goekiii4a.en end.. vit ,1<„,,,,‘,..„4..... 1Jacob Caat Slam, The . whole area was surrounded' 'bY ..harbed"wlie and . . r

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2 20. NEBEL was given the name of Leo NEUVILLE . While NEBEL was

• there two searate training courses were going on . In the firstof these-117re were nisas.1...3 taidanta..- each of whom•had 'a cover name.It was strictly forbidden to call any student by his•real name, evenif one knew it,. NEBEL knew one student intimately- . ,.. . a. , Swiss, . Ernst • (_,,41.1.),..,. 03 •S• I ' „r„rom„Basle, The others were called: .• MUSIUS, '17,, •

' ,■ P , - these four being 7.01emish or Belgian; .. a ,Walloon , dalled -7";:: F, Dutiio tchmen HAAG(?) and PIET.+ .,.. I • .:.::•..',.• ' .. =.•*e •

V-4-44'....r; ?.#1,7; ..:,1.....---,..,:-„, •-... . /..)94,a) .21. The second course was for Arabs of whom there, were adeut . a dozen.The other students had nothing to do with them. • IMBEL remembers that

•(1 I.. the Grand Mufti came to inspect the Arabs.../.s.,.. •''; ....1; / •------- 22. NEBEL spent six weelcs at the A-Sohule West and .ora,y left the

groUnds twice :'or 1- ) -w .a-. eci—irs, even then being accompanied by• the instructors. The following subjects were taught: :/*4

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• General sabotage (Allgemeine Sabotage)Sabbtage with high explosive . (Sprengunterricht)W/TShootingRidingMotor and motor cycle drivingPhysical training, mainly toughening courses (MUtlaufe) •

. --•No instructions were given in Lena:laps. •

. .23: • At. this .ti the head of the school 'was Hauptotrovinfd.hrer J rSPIZET @ :von . SCHUTZ or t he Ve.ffen S. S. ( see. later): told •IffittVrotaraMletrt. er 'that SPREY'had .beeri="re toff. for a Sinoral efo rnee . •and 'had oOmMittecl sUicids. • .

24. The school came Under Standartenfdhrer griedrioh.KNOLLE of the 11•S.D. The Hague, who founded it. • .. • • 1.••■••■••••=1....da.W...

25.. The instructor sift Allgemeine 'Sabotage :Was . berStu' er.•whom.NEBEL. knew' later. in Berlin'. as .:44112;„la sriccri . r.:-..v.;41.•kA'ptinex,/,,c •with the 'criminal' police He was responsible for toa.chitg- agents 'how % •to behave in enemy countries,. about the • cOtinterini4ligence : .'• •measures •of the enemy and the difference between an espionage ageni -tuid asaboteur. . • : . . . ,•

• •- , . . . •.26. • 2.t the beginning, bacaUse 4;•Schule wasthere as only one instructor for': SptvyanterriCh'i high4grade''SS.4:0.0. '.,1.11E1.22L4119'17EIRRER BERGER •*. NEBEL14..t13.....1:diboi • •JINTF/ERSit.Rwel toWards t heencl. of the :cOurs'el,iii."4:: learnt' ••thii.t:!.he had lived inCanada, f InanY ,rears an! .1;i4keiin':,:the?.,..cOur seHauptst7r77111:-L".'ar''i'o •se 'h]ABR © J.tEGE (known to his friends as'-ictir l came from tite .Sprengunterrichtmotsays that o a, zren woos" Ratjacin_C6041%.XiCIALTUR:...Xili.CjI...1§.,914y.,

concernecl.with Supplies and false dbcintarits... . '. • •.• ■••••••••••■■■■•■=1.64............10.•1■6177~1~P■Me. •

2;7 e" In tl-e large park at ..1!‘Sohuiel,Sirreiatiaa.t.:iorpei-ine.zit's:.**ithexplosive charges. up . to 3 kg took place, the,stuclents bavingt a.,„calculat*Pthe amount -of high 'exi>losiVe necessaryfOr. specific operations them-selves. P.E.2 arid Nobel 8064ere • tised;', • • • • • • • • ;• •• • ,

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NEBL has identified PIET as .1iTTLSKUIN whcia he ciaoidetillyViawwhile', the latter was on his way:to Lille and. spending the;'•nightat the Boulevarc3. Suchet detentiOn scamp.,

These will be the subject of separatedue course'.•

++ According to . NEBEL the instructors atnarces for each new batch of students,is identical with CROSS.

and more detai..1..ed notes , in

the school changed their c .over .Possibly therefore ANTWERBER

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I

A wore detailed note on this course will be producied sin due course.

280 FAULHkBER later joinect .1B T. on an instructor's sabotage coarseheld by Professor Dr. LANGH04(see later). FAULHABER also wrote atextbook on eabotTgrrArr-Te Zer-Buoh or Z-Buch. ;Sabotage was knownin Amt . VIA as Zer-Arbeit or Z-Arbeit and not as Sabotage,. .

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29. KEBEL Showed no aptitude for Wit and after the first lesson re-fused to continue. The instructors were Waffen S.S. radiCoperatorswho had been wounded, the . principal . one being's : Diltohwar4aNygn who •was said to have been a Wit operator in the Dutonuttr40=7—• • •." .

30. Shoofing practise, with Enlish, American, Riassian Finnish andGerman . guns, adtomatic pistols, machine . guns, •pistols aild•hand grenadeswas earried out, thn instructor being ikvS:S.V.C..0:1MKELMANN..

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34), NEE)Zs considered the course at the k-S4hulean intere'sting ons _full of variety. The food was good and tITsise was a Plentiful supply'of fruit and cigarettes, A NrelerischiAg-(sabsidiarYliichool)4.ohiefly:.foTjas founded near .Devynier at about.thetiMi that was. at

ule. It was Calle1441E4 There wae.anothertOhaol called,the .,1Schule Sudost at"Heinrichsburg near , Belgrade, ander'ifie oammandof setnritravrirerz=t.........--............... . . ....

. . •35, While NEBEL was at The Hagusschool, he notiadlle''xin.earningWit there for about 10 days. keptstftótly apart Iron'therost.of the students. He always . WorsdarkcharnIriBadW1Oticies,. .BESEKOW told NEBEL in Berlin that this sun had been'Veiy'sneCeSsful in .Salonioa, where' he was known as V4fann • 11 CelevonY. • .*.: ." . •

14Ngwee•tiCitma

31: The riding instructor was a Dutchman,. Untersturniftihrer DOMBITI1G.

Cavil)

rzyirgaatr,;:zr

usatroA.licfrar:amrvis.

ELVIC •

. 32. The physical training instractor as a . butchman;liENNiNGS.

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33. Motor and motor cycle driving was tauibt by likitnilf.and UHLMANN,k_ _ __ •a German.

w.

•Sept 1 43' 36. . At the end of .September 1943 the couenentIOned above te40.• through the personal i ** T- • NM t I MN was ordered to .go to

Bar2iErs.nd reportto Ant VI . ,'Delbruckstrasse, or alieblitl course. .This course, which wri" run by prof—Sess77111712NWAM"o 'we,s1;fori.privtOtive_

instructors and took place'in a balIrOad, in. a reqUisitienedhotel neaDI o s rasse. It'started'on .thc2nd'Or 3id Ootober 1943.

37.. *Dr t that tice : wSs a. director of.the'FauerlerkbechdleBerlin. Ten.peop e took the course, 'imest:of-thembeing.OffiCe.r*.tórN.C.Os of the Waffen S.S. They includedi;;;HauPtitarnethrei: . -'; •FA ER; ANT;g3=1; LERMANN . .(surnahe)INVIT.:van .;.. _.p nein), niamand; IIIMIt7t;os-fziom.thersorideilkioana-PREEdlt4L

77one of whom was LeopoldJLAU aila- iwo civilini;41CAY 1N ' inirEMMUMEUr..KAY said that he haa7formerly , worked in.Tunisial,... VIt__ I IN 1.4MIY, :.8 • .

worked in Belgrade and Greece. . FrofesSorliANG, .. .7 Sotared.otC.thes..history of explosives starting with the diecOverXep:ganpOWder,abd oending c,with a000unts . of the latePt-theorieei. Onotteptie*Oapratessed.00darring(duzingburning; on detonation; 'on the temperatUresrproduCediring.theexplosion Of various explasives)' . .ontheneasard#Wtofthe;force .. .Of an.•explosiVej on the'velocity of. detonation wavesbn:the chemioal ref.actions and effects of explosives;. ..and:partioulacinhollow andhollow'mAgnetio charges.+ - •

•

_as. Por two days practical experiments werec oarriedf.foutst,the Staat-lioherversuchsanstalt, the State)Experinental7Inatitute.atBerlin-DahienuOne half-day was spent in shooting at Wahneee . and; ,:.foritwoAAys, the stu-dents went to the pioneer school at Dessau-RoseiSn'farfield work. Atthe end of the whole course tbere was an orar,sliWa•writteri.examinationin which NEFum gained high marks and a conmendation..., •

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39 . NEBEL had not been to Mtihlilatideri for a considerable whileand therefore arranged for his fianeee, Gtozsiette ..j4U4LER, to cometo Berlin. • •40• A few days after the course . Was. over, NEBEL was ordered to

.„ report to .Sturmbannfahror -Otto $KORZENY at •32:Serkaorstrasse. •BESEKOW introduced'NEBEL ter-BRIDghisNI vibo . asked,whore , h6,ciMe. fromand several other trivial questions.. • He then: Asked irEist,' if hawould oare to take part in an f elkursus,..a.n.oi;eourse., NEBELagreed • to do this without • kn • .. .wh4f-.17ab ant:ai.led.. He .then went to FRSEICOW' s ' ti';.0.7b • from., :theS • onwardshe was enrollod as a 2adiLt.L.12 .1A...Gruipp_OXVI/S 'at 'a salary

t. NEE0t, •:sigt-FiaWral"tion of .soorecyand was instructed in future to take ordersfro th 'BESEKOWbitnsolf .ESSEKOW said that ho wa:s about to or aniso a submarino expedition

e sal t lo had a rea y -go• nm-sttbraatrizocommander .w o knew the Congo well, . NEBEL .: was . to take part. in thisoxpodition a3 tho sabotage export, the Sob 'bOing• to doitrnY • oil wallsin the Congo area. It was for this . reason .that04J.1.CViaS to • tiber'the Oil course which in actual fact never ovontuated..

%Da 1,-Igov 4.3 41. NEBEL was issued with a rod SiCherhoitspolizoi. , Dieilstausweis-karte in his real name, stating that he . was an ethieloYee . of . the RSHA.Niailib says that this rod . pass is an .imPOrt;ant • ono . *WhiCh •A.s. sparinglyissued. Ho gave up the name . of ..Leo . .NEUV111;?1,.,,thOugy.i:ho Was stillknown as Loo and•not Ludwig * . jintpl....Roxy withGeorgette Dr One morning ho • Wil.3 " g6t0.1/1/S. ' •headquaiters.. SKO • ADI sAkdJutan.t..0b.ors.tur.m.ffihror,ICar.::.I,i.P •instructed NEBFL to. roaeed;immodiitei n mi OW.

, NEBELtookt f st ain . • Par s:, , , .On arrival at the Gere • do. 1 1 p,# he was *at .;:likj:13SFJCOS'ir,:':•. -- !GeOrgette-went straight from Paris to her home 'at Isitthlhauian s.- " •

•Oct/Nov 42. =1,CW:took NEBEL, to *; if • . * , Which NEE£EL believeswas at 43 . Avenue Pooh, where4,51=11, "HatiPt4ttirmftihror;INZZEK„:‘and . tThtorstu ftthei' whoat in the,.an't.6-rcom of:1*w. KNOCHEN I . ii •!:Offiee;• . -:•• '.BESTIOW-Said that

there was a band . of jewel thiOV6 'oh • the SPaaiibh •fretitier Who had, to be dealt with and a.party Was arranged . to...deal with this matterconsisting of:-

. . 12:/ 1' Christian SCHNFLL, very good English;

k

• 20 . years in U.S.A. •Hermann DOBRITSOH

• August BOESEKOETTE, chauffeur. ..,,DENNEW/CE (phonetic) óhauffour,,

There was one other member in the party, all being. from tot VI,ioulvard Flandrin. The party prococidod in, two oars to *Hondaye,whore they reported tothe S.icherhei.tspOlizoi. A teloprint

5-10 Nov 4.3 message arrived instructing all alio to roturn .immedtately tetParis. NEBEL remained in Hondaye vatting .foi• fallSEKOW''to arrive.

'The .nort day BESF2COTT arrivod with.-WIZ= and Untersturaftthror.w1311,, known as ,:=/1,*.:, ..10SEEOW. then told . mai,!* !the :real

reason for their having boon . sent 'demi . .t .o,: .thaf. frotitieli; • . : ..,a •oourior from the Hungarian Embassy at:-Liibon:rilis..'on:his:/way

•to. Budapest with important papors . whiCh .. .had • to*,:bo. :taken frcraThey waited for ..tivo days, dUrihe.; *.WhiCh mawhich

froM -Spain to the offoct • that theteleprint..massage ..thon ...CaMOI•frOm Berlin saying • .thirb' r:th`O :. GeimanForeign Office did not.. wish Anythipd . ' done to the courier but . -that he was to be .followed • Without! his leiOWIC8g.O. Aixr .kept'Under .. .observation until ho got, to Berlin Trio 'dayS Iktol• '* .the. ,pa:rty .were back again in Berlin.

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12 Nov 4.3

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43: On about 12th /rovember NEM was instructed tO; aecompany.an -Italian to the A-Schule at The Itague. Ho was a ',member Of anItalian course going on there but arrived late because ho: . had to •undergo a medical examination in Berlin. 'NEBEL spent just'•ovor a •week at The Hague, staying at the Hotel Dijers. • •

• . i •44. . On 23rd November NFZEL reported to Berlin and on that night'was bombed out. ilithough 32 BorkaorstriLsso was not hit, LtAt.VI S

• moved to schloss . Friedonthl, just neawillo Oranianburs :Compon. ration .Camp, thoulih they still kept their office in • tho Berkaerstrasse.

• The Sonderverband FRIEDII1THA.L . was installed in the Schloss. It .was frOaCi-ea 1ST' ors75b—Tirc-r—i nnfiihrer DOPIZNII• Of Nat- • -SasequentlySKORZFEY became 'head '51-TYP a . and- has taken :mica! largo.

• seotio.ns of the Brandenburg Dilds.1623 i70.11. • 2,116 ,o.rgaraisa- .1..• 11ffist-st:s tit= 1eOCC•jr .tutt:22tpr ealatriatZeaM '60 o.Dimata . ;

oug lacaers.of- lt . haVe been trainedirParachuting.'

. ,•45. • NEBEL heard that the 'remaining . section's of the Brandenburg .

• DiVtaion have now boon tal:en 'WO as :7011 and have beee•giVen thename S. S • -JAMGDBILENDE. . • •

46.•

. VEBEL' 'mot the following people at EillilbENTHAL Whore ho Spent

a few 'days at the end * of November 1943: -: .• • • • •

Von FOMMS/21, holder 'of the Ritterkrouz (Brandenburg)Hauptsturmffihrer atIEKEIRT •Fauptsturiafahrer Ulrieh MI21Z/iL• • •

. .• •Obersturmfghror PODLECH Waffon S.;.S

Oberstuthithrer Hubert BRafF=T'Obersturmfflhror Erwin SCIIIECEL )

ntersturnfiihror•.exhti (Brandenburg)tintersturraftihrer Li,Clerfft. (Administrative)

,

23 Nov '43poskeessm.mumdm,

30 Nov

33a

43 47. On 30th November wont to Vichy with Tr. SCOiMa•BR.AMFILDT,'PgZNR,and.=11 • With the exception of NP Who

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weilt-Eig''.g1CORZENY' s interpreter, all wore in • uniform.. Vichy the• party joinejoineda reconnaissanee group -(kuflattrungsabtpilung) • of the• S.S. Division, HOHEUSTI,UPEN • which •inclUdOd 'light armoured car's,

ramoure recce CM theand Police ttalion FRITZ TODT.' The •object of the undertaking. was to proven - •4 . eb.latifil"limMia .• odto_D nnowagglAssucce.s_sorLan_tizezatitzlezi,„ from . doing so, by . anymeans •that,yero considered neoescary. PETAIN' could bo.roiaoved • ;fromVichy by force. Excitoraz.)nt aboUt this lasted'•for a• fortnight, • •when ITZTJ,UN cpnears to 'hay° p.99,erraer,1*..1.2.43' the .party was tack in Paris. •

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Dec•4"-

./48. • SICORZBIT.: .1116true tod imam, to put himself at tho disposal . of .Dr. KNOCITS.; He was given 'a flat' in the

70rue ...„1.41,..geljulliaezte,

rn"77-1 -7emained until 20th 'Deeer; 17 n he askod'Dr. KNOCHENto give him leave over' Chris Lmas. • This was agreed; NEEEL beingtold that his leave could last until after the•New Year.' NEMimmediately went to .Ntihlhauson . On Christmas DM, teloprin t•message arrived from Berlin saying that ailigovas to be back inBerlin on . ,.

i-* 27 Dec.• • • • !, •• .•

43 49. iMEI., returned on •27.,,th;peeenber a.nd by Order of; iitht ,ITT/F,was is.suod with a now sub; . now iamoroxothon, .and:two.PaasportS,.

•a' German one in the name. of T.r% I _ allIDINK 414a14: • • • •.. • • • athe name of Louis 1TLIEW,1•".;. ' Both -were' stamped with visas and ' .•erifry pemitp,,,to.,-.. On the. 28th Dbeember NPZEI.,. travelledto Copenhagen via Fleni;burs with untersturr.i.fithrer 50=tzg . and :Unto -offizier GPOqgl.11. The partyspenThi g "t-lit Plensburg,:- where •they-F6n-e-8 =E-ed an S.D. official; JENSEN, to , act as an Antorpreter..

•:SCHWERET vas the leadpr of tho . party and hd ,told NEBEL that ho wouldhave toinstruct Danish National SocialistsA.n,sabotage.Vith highexPlodive and arrange for the Students Booed, the:Students Boathouse

mand several cineas to bo blown up, to kill anti-Nazi.Dands in thoseestablishments. The party took • rooms in the houso of.am.employee '.f:the local • Bienststello, HUF, ;sponding Now Year's Eva and Md.-Year'sDay zatihg and drinking. •

. .1 Jan '44 50.! Since leaving Berlin, NEDElehad felt f:;n4sh . andAse,4 q swelling

in.his A.eft forearm. . On 301.4.4.010 wOnt : iolbe . R.Otierve . Hospital San• Prafkii•at'Flarraburg)4wharenitribifIlr.,111(411A.fer--

Maroh *44 blood poisoning. Ho romainod in hospital until the .id of March • .11• ,..rand,thon,„spent.,a.wook conyaloseing .at Miihlhauson. mroturning o

..Beriin.. tataill5.01ESEK ,tavo" ..1 mu- the missionpfLenquiring.intothe 'causes of sabo ge in the PnroSit works,dt.sochaux7Mantbelliardand to organiso counter-measures. NE.LIBL was this mission quiteunofficially, beonuse SKORZENY was' friendly with:Erv.WEIOLD. LegalAdviser to the Volkswagon;works at PallersIeben, whichdirected thePeugeot works, the latter being ongat/ed2in the : manufacture of gearoases' fox' the Gorman Fotke-Wulf fighter.. : . N.4WEL-spent:a week.at

• theNaksvagen.vorks at:Fallerelebento.learn.about production andthen . wont to 'the Pougoot'workamith.nAvisst . passportvjtve hundredpounds in English ten pound. notes,. and 1,000 Swiss francs.. His

.-passpert was in the • name ; OfZouis . ELUAMGRTNER , a . teohnical business•man fr0M . Ban10.• lie was Pro . Cate Saying that hehad worked .dn the Volkswagen works for two years. MEMEL had askedfor the . English and Swiss money himself, thinking that he might haveto recruitagents and could 'then pass himsolt,eff.as an English

• agent, (i.e. an a ent ro• ateurY. IRO • r :V&A head of thetechnical .o o.Pougoot wor s an :con y, person who was

71",4 Supposed.to.know NEBEL's . real.fUnetiOassi !butAh — • whowas attached 'to the factory for security and ntelligenon work, soon.got to .

51-. Some. wooka , beforo NEBEL' s . 'arrival HEN ioh .t.. a special• Kommando consisting of 100 French . S:S. men . undor,. command of

Obersturmfgter„azaRit .14 to the pougoot worki.;:to•arrestfour ofthe ' Directors, - .incauding the General Mariagerr..11VITIER

-70:.7:.1n ..fil -Capacity_ap,ana4ya.t of .production NEBEL vasalioVed' over ' the 'whole sworks. and 'vas able te:siU67. the ) ba:d conditions,

• .both, al regards 'the . ati.4.:70r,ia . . ?f . tho:morriss antp4;44;me,,tagnxt.„.and.,paymen t • Of the cmp . ' MrfbliT5ftddrCIT7tHia;,1to Merlin,HELLWEM -fOrcod the 60 .-year . old Vifd-of • the. General ...Manager MATTEENto leave her house and ',Dyed in, himself.NEBEL wont to Pilids,ton KNOOHEN about this and-also rolsortod i: .

.: 17ho ',was • frightoned Of Berlin,. immediately :replanedj5W114 andcautioned . him. TreweVer -NEBEL,mado- an enemy of ,:tir.;.00NOCESN bythie ..aotion.and ,above 'all of .BELLWING tn:chief; • StUxmbannttihrerHinidiF: •of . .; nd:One , of his subordinates6Cm,.Balfort,

...0berstui'mfehrer: P004.0 roportod thrOy.zgli Paris. . . . . , .on the grounds o doing no work, drinkingj.-andwOmanising,,,:fe r •votich xtport NEBEL stated there . was:,4010 i-,OUStif . bai4O14 thoughHUEIP, PRIESTER and KNOOHEN' vier° in no :p6bitionzte oritiCise . .anybody else on #9230 sooios:' • ..• • . . . •

• • . .

NEDEI4s mission , Paugoot.xiorks ..was,conciUdedVithinthe: allotted time and ho;roturnod.; to:Berlin.% .paal caUtioned,about his bohaviour but no one Sassmoney. phioh he kept for fiancoo'.ilnd . daughtor .. . . • . •

, In the middle of May. 19441.. 'NEBEL went!tO:Pai.is . ;v1t6 BESEKOW , •and HauptseuxiIi1 a former Criminal judge. AtERMS . •was not in .i.mt /S. BESEKOW had srodeived orders froth a 'very- •

•WziB:6•;,c

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May '144

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high authority to organise a Zor-.7 Notz (ZerstOrung-Invasion Netzin Franco.. DOERING had )roha y -11 $ •order Si+Aerhoitspolizei in Parts during. 194044.2 and . had formed a group•of so-called "National French"; who woro'said to have boon recruitodfrom Cagoulards, Croix do Foil, and Royalists. tIFSP ITIRT was toorganise his Zor-j Netz with the help of these Frenchmen.

55. NEBEL used to moot to two leaders-orthis group at the flat of

danolIod, .0hci-loador wasa former sto*tary of DOERING,. Fr ein , P N' 4.5 run dei'Dar-. , . ,

..anJ sa. a4•whe lived.at.87 . B0.11evardlinrat;• the otherwasIgalial&AUOZIaid•to'bii,aformer CommisSaire . of Police. and Mayor .orlIargoncy nearTarist •MARTIN lived at 3 rue Arsenelibussaye j....EtsElcow.nAedthese two whether they wore' ready to carrymii.reiiatancio throughsabotage groups in caso of an onemy.invasion-deji!ance.; LITTandMARTIN said they were ready and asked for arMs:(note!airos,,tict'bobbs), and mbney with which to oquip the members Of- their.Ciiganisa-tioa, to which BES9W7agrood. It is theught.that .LITT and MARTINwore anxious to get arms to fight Against the , Boishevik Menace.,They said . quito frankly that their group must not realise :that.official German circles were behind the organisation,beeause•mOstmembers. of the organisation wore anti-German oWingto ,the occupation.NEBEL considered that L/TT and MARTIN wOuld.have•taken arms .fromanybody to fight against Communism and had no particular preferencefor the Germans. Neither NEBEL, BESBKOW nor any German was present •at discussions between the two chiefs of the organisation and any..membors of it. • .

•• . •,56. BESEUR was above all anxious to make.tho hembers.of"the'organisation start active. sabotage against,thn.,ifivadingtroops. Whenever ho urged that explosives. should be distributed,LITT and MARTIN, particularly the latter,..clevar1emaniged topostpone the decision on this issue by'saying that.;things;were Snotyet sufficiently acute. ILS120.4 had the:feelin,7.thitMARTET.'particularly was sitting on the fence....,EESEK*itddrias:notentirely happy- and on the advico of DOERINGE.diiti‘OdiiCed:-d• formercolleague of DOERING, Albert G yg4of nielitilioi6iii;,:into theheadguartcrs,organisa n, GE7110:was FrenOlv,butihad,agerman mothorliving in Munich; he is now believed, to be at Badôm7oiler,GAVEAU was of oourso an S.D. spy within . theargaiii'Satiiin: .—i lle was .*a eo-proprietor of a metal firm which may be called:Oa:ail:1p in,the runIo n. GAVRAU was put in controljf!the Fli tistribu on .of a Ut Wi11T knew very well that he Tiap an informer and had .continual quarrels with him.

57. The whelo undortr12-,ng was called AktriaLabtaft,e.rYPAnmc LITT's ohristian 4nme. •

58. BEM& said that 11110 and.eXplosives•Would boyoupplied.ty.the Befehleihaber der Sic . terhei'tSpolizei . LITT and -MARTIN gave -a list of all'the ;Modbors of.the',grOupit&,BESEKOW....It was.:said . to contai 000.41' eis . NEBEL neyer.iati"-thii?Iist.IgSEKOW,who was very ambi /ous ynatureOms . dolighteid t.able : to/announce to Berlin that he had recruitod.:so,lardit'ii'group :for ArreVI/S in such a short time. anduith so littleexpendit,ure. ,NEEEL considered • thewhole thing . ratber uniosaiitiobut novor expressed this opinion•to•anybodyi.A plan of caaaignwas worked out in Berlin. . IsEEKOW . was-tO • be..inohargof thewholnorganisatioh whila.OborsturedhrertURRAT'vas.to.direet.

""""`""t"anc14-*-7 -

The predecessor of HAGEDORN' , (see . iater). Now believed to bein. Italy.

1.• •I

• . . . . .the organisation in Paris i whore, NEM. wont with TUNNAT after a few,. •

.2 days in Doriiti l; ' LITT' and -HIETrN' wore to • :be:: the ,lcadorri : of theFrench: GAVEAt.1 dad 'a Ilaffen S.S. . N:04.,...-Herraatirf,.VALEt T whoSpoke French' flacintly, wore to distaiibute Oil

iwas tosato intitruction in sabOtago '

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Juno 44 59. L . o-.7 clays after the invasion of Pranboy , OWL wont ,to Paris.to tiring LITT' atie.a4:VEL.U . ' tO . froti'fer Cenfertatie.ii;';'‘ ..a.A.VEAU had a.oar and the ,party went to Hots ivhere thoY: nraot l'ESEK17, TUNNAT . andVALENTIN,. and d*Satissod details , ii...et,:?the'ordriniSg.g.ii:;,....NEBEra::::-.eturned

with LITT.: and 41,'VEILU • -66! Paris;',TUNNAT':anc301' ti fo1cwing bY:.whilti'AtECEIC07"rb:tdhed'IObade .tO'Organis6 the :supply' ofculties were . ekperitfincied.;.'• • , The • DcIS refii-sa:.tivia-oTanYthirr".°saying that the2part'Y:ShoUld haVelareaght:*15plidiNih:the4(;:tran

L.ftei bach exchange of 'letters botriciOd:Parlicthe 'DdS handed Oiler; 3 cars, 160 Ston. guns .ard aiiiiiniti413, and' 20.Colt revolvers; 'pa-h•ol was alWays' bought eh-the; blank raaricat '' or

bartárod With GortatIn soldiorim .

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•60. -. While NEIEL, LITT, GA.VEAU, 'TWAT and VALMITIN . wore in 'ParistheY'obtained..betwoc.;n 400 and 500 Stalibriehiaci ..gUns..iind about 200pii3tolri' :or roVoiVars from the Vtoaporis itooc tif.-thti3d5," theugh•.Amt

1 Derliri. and the DdS Parira' yere,.sti.11 . arguing • as to whose'reiiponEti-bility it was to provide the sroap with those weapons.• . • , .•. . • .

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'•61. • On: about i Oth • Juno 1944 TITNIT.L.T 'wo.s replaced by' OberriturMithrerCharliyaXAM At this timo NEM . gave instructions in High -Eat:ple , sa each lessen lasting two or three 'hours, in' a.flat bolonginrito PiormigEFFM, 35 . (7); . rb.O . Godöt: do Haurbis; .

• The folloVihg wore predett:— •; .,.•

i. Rene,' ^4 GO& . ?. ..,:livin.; at St. ' Donis near . ' .. . .the totox;ras.tory.

/the owner of the' flat... ' • ',.}.4ax:•;DUICILS. coz•HID. ' liVing at Lirbotiii; ' • • .,

eppoyylt

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There: Vaa arse a6rtain 'who was • Said to' 'haVa- bOon 'asoldier, in Afriea -for a • l'on,., • imei, . . • . .•

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2. Threagh oontact.-,vith the Pliitzkorimandv.ntaz 1.3ross4'a4esi a f144was obtained zt thci-'cornOr of ruo tiolitor • and ..ruc itichol-'4gOv on thesecond floor; 'a hose Ivaslso ',obtained ; .at , ' 6bir3•:Averhao Wu:Mahon;

•VALUNTIN and NEXM lived . it-i: ..ho•;ratil-foli! ,or •fls.ti;phiao:,77/15 used aát ranotirq,p,lacle and:•for..

r.100r `of ItiChart1";:jARTINi i-'organiizitiiink .4.• GEORGES., was permanently on • Uarcl .". •• • • •

25 J11110 1 14 63 On 25th.JUrie21.7)114:...,A4±71... ,v7otit.'.;oili)...• •' trip to north ovisited St. Qaelitin, and • .

Rduerf. • The ,objoot of the: .ttip.,IWasf:to:l.ctex•-•Ji.Tpt. tkEtAnii(4.6.11 !: . Daring.: this0 Searnever took''part ,, in any dicu.ssions dlthoujh at hx4ons he not onemember .: of 1th.RTIN T•ii7:oiganitier4"4-.-Wha !:,Was .:;..thO'•:-Projariettar. of abrethei1'..;ant:'etirida6:::::ilitlidiP*Iiiiiiii.ebtli.t.iiiial . :. in•'47-;,square: in theOf the town, where thd:ipri-itY-littiYadi; • • - •-• • •'... •, . . .. .

• 64.. ,tomo time later NETZL• heard tho- namei of -iho,:.:thrio lahiefe .

of MARTIN' s orgaaitibn • at' talc): , They :had the responsibilityof taleLrig charge of the north...of!. rrtnco. , Their names . yor.0;1! .

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65. Sovdral days aftur tho trip was over and the party . had; returnedto Paris, .NRIANIJ wont on the sano route with. VALEATIN GAVAAIY and Nprrorr,taking arms and ammunitiOn, but no unalosivos, with which to . equ* •the noWly . rooruitod membors. . •

: July '44 66. About this tino a certain 1.141..., Aye (Lfroh erli7ith a17/T sot ,and . two Pronchmen, LAUDERT and, Larimge: 1114.0! hip:Motion •vas ; only. to acoomipanY those"6761"Menrir 6.11:4M74.1143, and :aCtor;:a. shortwhile ho rdtUrned . co .Dorlin? • • • LATTRENT::tinAji/4117M;vdr9 to organisethe ,jEANNE radio network.' • Both, had . .undorSopic a' Ours() .07,;,instrnot fonit ' Berlin and Thc. Nave, whore •thoy had nicit.410131:612N. ' . ,14/3ENT hadprobably lived in Paris before. .Ho was married: and hadold daughter with whom mamma, was livinn., LAMbERTHaad•aboutand had worked_ in Africa ,as .Vorkshop•Managor. ;Sahnsp.•:#ansportcOmpansr, Hu' may have' used the alias ofLAMBERT rontod a houso cx4; CerMoilen-Parisishore thoy,liveCwithLAMM' s family.

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67. At the be4inning . of July punts; PoNon0.1.nel .m.)jL won on. as000nd journey, this time to Chartres,. 14 :Iihns,:: .blais l y:TOUFs,. Angors,Nantes, Vannes, Quimper. Lanion, St *.. *036;;,',iciiimi.Eippp: andleennos ,, Once again, the tqo Fronchmon tookearo,:that4NEBEtOwaa.not present at any W scuSSionef: and it was only atf.,G4.31.0a4NiatNEBEL learned conversations ' ,had taken .plac&u:ith,:d1.6tidor ofthe Resigittarlil • a Manufacturer 'oD -tti "• ■• 1;1 1. coaLlp s trip • .

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68. Irmtryc:biono vcro iven at an abanao pod tort ,near jlo44zmorency.DUMAS and NONON- save instructions :in Ocplosiyba .:,:ho;meiebers of, • 'the organipation, basins them On' what ,thoY )14a 41.earni4*.p ;NEBELand from Allied sabotae instructional :booklOts.... „rThoy;opuld :notuse the Z'ur.-Duch because this had not yet .1)*V4904, attended those classes, though in alL .NEDIEL saw instrubtions to: . out 30 mop; ' of' those he =members the folloWins:tamos:-.

oldish; woro spootsOleg -PONCINIator told-NEnkL that VERNIER was a

lor sborting journalist whO:likied•in'a:houlio:scitback from the road"in'tho,ivi. prA41e;Ip• de ltOl.liorvatJire:, - ? '

. ., . •. . .. .69. Later, andjust boforo : the withdraival-,othe . ,S.D. trariParis•

NEBEL . 7ont . ' by car with PONCIN' t'otak6 . ..tal*Ilvtfortsa. . ,-. • .. . . .. .

70, vawmr and. GAITEAU wdre,unablo; to' go. oil d 'triP . to...BA-litany. to distribute arms to mg7abors:=Of 4:!::5VINN:booauso . ailiod • tmoOps wore ..alroaay broakin3 out 'OT :.NOrmandy 'Inte:.Brittany . and 'had- reached Rspoos.

:.."71. .:b about , this time, LtilitilT and. POUOIMPIT wont to • tol . . •

sot up a 1T/T • sation, thoikrth• NEHZ •thoU.lat-it urilikelY•t %.:',...,:thoy : .• • •

suc000dod in doinn this, • ;.- •, . ...

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20 ;TON • !...; :. 2. . Thel . arrost of: vart 1,, 1 ,, .,- . _.i....”.. ,IP fi

dep t on s started* Le6 . feaird:.Piii.id.'-'.i.' ;Tliziin.i.ili's. isociiiia.tei. and.

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:row ...., ., ..,•:•,:APP-r. ....1.179":13 ...1. . :13 . : 3: . cl'iuzer'4iir.srmatk.' A i .."1orEiTi7A on a

unparalloled confusion. ....HAGEDORN. .Orderbdiy0.0765. go-to:'!'"-. .

.Dolfort to orsanisoaltormivo aCooM6OdaidiVw .hich *did: .without. diffioulty .booauso..the . Chiof:,:biillitifig4p660rAmaii ,. . . .friotid . of ..his. Men. NEDET.; .:retUrnod;t,VAgifi.:*004Ith4::. 7.,flat . , •in the ruel101itor omity4..vith.a not9,070.40012.W.iiii!inithit • .. .oiroumstImoos had oompolloa him to I.Oayo':.:PgiiEkAthhity:liola0Atios)that ho 'would be baok•in.a..few.daysp.?and4FZELvasAo,ticytOfitid.::...IillIDERT. and LAURENTu. ,hohad..both boekdiliohordernio go.....tO1201for;ibut had not turned up;:at'the'.,:deiiarturopei4i..:'.:-IY''''.';'•:::' -. - :.i;:. • ' • •.

July/Aug144

• 73, • NEDEL therefor() wont to Cormeil-en-Pariisisi -but•stho .• Nina° wasshut tri:, and. : tho noighbours . told- hin th.•it 'one? had :teen' there, for •

• several days. . He then visited Li‘URMPI'' flat the rue •,FelixFaure, Paris XV, but that was also slut up.. It'later :transpiredthat LAURENT and L/11DFIZT had disappoarod fritheut leaving any, indi,ca-ti -whero , they had gone, taking with than a -edit) :••• tfii!Oct . or four WA,tiotii; • and al largo sun . of monOY... •

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• M.. 1-11s.GtiOlIN returned to Paris. but . 'as ovorybdc.V:vas • 3.ciiviim thornwas no -qUeation of go tting any work ,deno'ti• . '.• 120- Sten . '!guns ..ab'd 200Mills grenade's' wore, obtained : frOn.' tha..N7ciape tinIteon* of. tho 17aS.'Tháso srer,o . dis tributod . in Paris bYllAritTiN 'and hie • not. • On: onoop dasion NEMZL • and poNcni wont to 'Ve:rSailles :.‘and • doiivorod 'arras • .to arl. AlSatian who ras intorpro tor at •the-Prefoctur•o- and-listed

• • ; •outstde

Lt:. th.roo cars with a letter. from Oboratu.....titftihrer: that ho had 'gone direct to *Berlin to Sec 'SKORZ•i•

to -DOlfort in a , few days' ' tinc. : •••± I n -the ..raeantiliegqIie.

,•.i ' •: • n ' the Not.'• No te' wore,: - • . .. •• ' .• . 1 1 ••*•,!,

...,civilians must be looked aftor , a. n.. d.... given* aectinLifedatici:Fran° h ;el i 'srilian s; whom NEML a ssiiie d hadi

C • &it d . .-crifoo::: I.. • .• ..

h urig,g_... . . ..

, wife and ehild'Re .and wife.. / i• .....-:.,-Jr

.•75,, On about '12th.- f•rust the whole group • loft •-•Paris

▪

•At'-thiatine it was, in':•.tli461- and LITT shot:ad:go-on:* a . tip in

*tho Lyons-Vichy area to get the. of •''Jac • • •who lived at Lyons. MEM' never ctot .:',•;porsona•was told that. ho was .r.n impertaiff ;: ofYieialY,In7the!WilititnitILyone.. •Later he ' ,Sr.+. p s tatic net: at Schirnobk,.. 'Lower •Alteva`619, 1-ii-th'i? Ahoi—donbersof the •Hiliti.a who i n ten dod :ultitoD.tely to return .,fel)..11,14illiCs6: :::H Theprojected • trip . to contact de MINONVILLE:v.•aiii4obibitii"::iiiid:.5the.::party. went . :te.-Belfort via IsTane,;. " At .1jdif,64',..;.,f0.al,..13-,Alii:t‘`...at

. :cue de ”Turenbe., A few days *later* sorso.;FrenChy,

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APar•t from the aleve-mentioried 'Frenoll/l. 24 ne,• the '•Partilnellided:. . ...,....,. . • . ..

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.. , •• dIT,77,1Nratr.::: • : •:. ,..,: 1...,. - • . I. If.,:. • : ,...:::.:.4...,:4?: ........;,::..: ... 4.,....... .

. ,.. . ::. ..'`GERI LC , `61.-^:iiffb.1.1± '.Pr. 0r.'.i ' lin' • , ;'7'''''-!.--•,v.---. - • .

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,Irlitio....._.:tyt,..):714, 1$ ... .1. • • • -• ,-' --- '' ..•tpt,' children': •• '.

- • ••••Alb'Si47GAVF,A '-'W-ith 4. • o • atid mother: *:• ::.' ,•.',„. • ' :.Fri :. . c.a.-. • SC . 04...T.7" 04.. . typist.. f'-±ora •terlin:.

*) ,:- ..,r Fri, AlicoNAOPTLIfitYisivi•froti:Dcrliiii.• ,... . .. • • • ‘...,-.0-.tr:'•!!!"77"•■• • .• • ,.:•*;,.... ; . ....,..,.......: ,,A.. .i,.,„;„... : . .•'7. ' 1.',7,-., days. later.IMS.t.071. ; and :4 :4':t3ISS.lia ••••;"arriVedi‘fi.:eiii:••••:'.E.iir1111) and : ..

. said that -.La :`,.,..1:11.ro. tth •Whele..rouP•,•Wee....tO.W•terii'fitli.4,41,45,a/Z4;,;....*:-.:BESEICOY: usod to • corde .. - ,for . ene,' :O'r' ;••.isti;thittiiiigt"4-0:92:,!.V.eikturink . •'.:•which :i.tino he Mado.:. a' ..fxri....rtene .'ial.;',ande7ricige.: ‘ tti:ettic4ii..ii.igr.' : .., ..than Wont' mak.NAISSM •arriVed ..'.iiitfk;merig.FielintiliViie•t4`4.: `• ' •:•,- • •

:. , .--•••,••••:•; ;••'.*':•P;;:'5,'..•••.(-,.•'••.*•...-'4• .:4'-'4'1,;:g',4•Ar'•"*'.''''• .Ferdinand VIZEGEN 'With ' 'irife "and : tiio' •, SenS • •

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.-• - . ZABEL:, .. . I

.! .I.SSAnclnother • ,• .•.

• . . ..oronwrIewq.

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+ NE= had hoard that S. S. Oborst Lt.Na: wa's-; it-) .ohs.ri.ie NZ.Metz and that SS Oboratlarifithror SIIVio$, T:3 '0 n it

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After delivering those FreboEmen; ., NAISSM/ disappomrcd.. ..1DrZFL hoard .later from DESEKOTthat he . haa gotrer-tcr-t-tatr:- . /.l1 those Frenchmanhad to bagiven instructions r .in sabothaur----- .4 • •

77. HAGEDORN wont to Berlin with rzsmovr and Nas loft incharge oftho group duriri6-his absonoo. , Ifi.the mean 6.Amthad issued NEDEL with an S,S. Soldbuch in the name of'UnieVIOftft5r—

I. NUM 0 and haa given hioLopaiesio02 woar..pffioor's'uniform.. ; •••• •

44. 78. At the end of August ) NEDEL decided to mcivo the gronp;:.toGermany. They wont from L' ro A •.ugh SRhoin where they mot DESEK0ii and HAGimORN0—..A668666aintn-retrfOundin an hotel in the vrfrinr:o - Ise - ..tho,,DlackTordet.;. Onf,'the pen° night eight.Sorbian S:g7155 . zonarri:54707ViVatMen

•by train; at the same time HICEIAM5ENVAItltatitinlgiVilei:irrivodwith a oar which'ooptainod 2500 fr.:67MIrarela=1407-100ted-gunz . •and about 200 pistols orrovolvers,The4R#A0PM#Tiiiitmith . .the Serbians to Doifort whore they had bdenoidered:40 ! :prei5die".: . • .underground sabotago.dopotp fOr.thepurposoMf:destroyingemrirossers,Tranzformers and SpecialMachinery in the Pougaet verks'at;SOChaux...Mentbelliard, and nt an elootrio .!.Motor manufactUring factory theAlsthom-Worke at Dolfort, when the German fronf.rhad tettivelmok.

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. . . .-79. • During September TIBLIML arranged for the preparation-of two.underground. sabotage depots, each containinge.bout..:360explosive an 15 Sten nuns,. togethor With the : neocApary:acCessorioz., ),

&O. Mest of the eight Sorbian S ..S...men.came from'3plit.2: . lith •the exception of the oldest, who wae 'about:30;6nd 0.15aitit'er4netc.til.'life, they wore all students though some had.enineering:er'techniCaldegrees. According to•-NEDYL .vnonewereTa4ir:theylvere:Serbian: •Nationalists and on the zido of King peter; .thevuero therefore t„bitter onemiee,of,P9mRPAPP4Tand ,.,the , i4TX44 Most of them.had bp..94.Fat*Gsalizi:.anddtiad,..been ..,_ia.:11:417.ZIT4E7-41.prier egiiiea 1.tthe S.S. to ,fight'DolshgVis4,. %Theyvoro recalled to Berlin atthe end of September. .. • . '•

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81e At-about_this time LoOnard:IEMTNarilmid4ra4had boon through ProfessorroureeAtOorlin..arid vane as.Explosivoi . IristrUpier. • OberStanhrtirIurtnIDDA and UntOrs-hirm-flihror Herman ' wham NEBit7grEivawni„S----1-Paris,'mrrivod.at the oand transferred it fF6m7rricTshingenAZttlilorg

wart trA.........e•MtAr ,

N82. Lt. the end of dap bombor . BESECOVT...., camo ''to,:Fis Mehinrron and.was ordered to come from telfort -t<S , moot.jjj Thon. • •

BEStICOVI stated that a, nOw;ptozglunnO . vra:, • to 'bet . iiaPlomontod.e .. -LOUwas to Undertake • the adminidtration, of. the. office at DadeninitTer-, •H/LeitORN. was to szugglo ZOthe'alTra'Irirs1 Mr= cilEruilso :undoigroup4a adepots in Alsaco-and fraSZT175755761776172737X1,7)o ; manNE on ordors from the , highest authority, was . ,.first, to • gOt

n o contact with tho .VAT- loft in. Paris, a.ticy,isOOOndlyto blow up the petrol: p pe no, • vhich ran through Franca andsupplied tho.U:S..forces:

In October 1944 ULI=01-I was with HAGgpORN..++ Further details of those doPots ..will.bCi f'rdod;..tii. duo course.. ,Z DOI3RI7;CH told Ili 1041 'that ho'had•ordoreld.botal.!liWorates forthe buried sabotage depots. He also :said.ho.Was.havirigdiffieultY

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in,reoruiting suitable people to be stay-behind agentn -sin•Alsace . butthat ho Was in touch vrith.=,TH,..../1-Curnzath.teeti'Direetor . of,the .MERKUS department storo atnithlhauson and Cit Co 't towa.•

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••• ...83. , 17honNFZ.EL was alone With TIEMIC017 ho•askod'ihiii :•froherz.- thcso•-•-•ordoxts *came. nnspcovr sai8 .**frorn the head of Ari',CtiC:...,....si,y4,.,,,,••,,i.,., fp ..,..The folloriing con*dx4sation, then oocurrod"bi5twooti-13EST2C0Wanaccording to the latter:-

. .. . . . ...;.....; ; .,....:,;. . • 'ITEM: • • "Where exactly are the pipe • iiiitiii7 ' '''. . ••• . • :

DES 17:EIC0 •No oh e knows. ' *You Edit, :Pi'&415.6 •Perhaps the MARTIN grouP ean •find

IiEBEIJ

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If 1., •.r.loot 1 ZZ •i • * . r a !.11ori' .4:34 ...I . :•.tvit • the •inforraa on •wok:: to Bor. n'T , • • • • • .; , • • •

• •DDSEEZ7; Bither by. o Ourior, lie() (Fre n tittid'o) Or 5

by • radio, tt4ro.ugh ond.Of's itiO & V 12.W-13.eta'-'1.0 , inParis. by triLISSIZZ. • f'

(At thi spoint !MEOW gavo //rim, the• neraes of •three radio oporators in Pariit NIMEL.thinks

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.that the first of thosci Waif lrol^th .A.fiibtin, andthat the other two war() brothers'. • ) . .'' • 7 • ''■

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77hat Password. shall I. use .tO :iait'rOduco Ryselfitithese throo pcople? •..

••'''BESEk017:.... There is no . pas sWoi-d.. You must •Virip/Y:••"SaY'You..•

cone from' MUSSER.4E444,r1U,yerAtAh

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to contact these . peaploi• .it would be,..S

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•: yol, and shall expect • you . to retv in tailike.t.tivr

•....1.32:ri.).7: 1 will wait for throe* or four:46ekii* ./leilicfrPa

four raonths. . .••

NEDEM:' How shall I . cotarait the • sabotage •.sineo::.we .did nciiileave any explosive behind in ParisV:•••... • :•••• .• f: : :

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DE. SIKKOVTi '', •• Snàe 2.4i.t.s:caracunoui7disPosal '''abOrzt7182_0Tht. ...._u_rijciataltagailliagiti:-..z.r'.(3,92ZPASZITiargffir,03`,..:' , ' .. DUr.•ing4.1#6,F.neXt.few's::;dmps .).a' f,rill giirti:•yOusruips..,6#•.:Vii#1096,9::'.:of,•:,';:thesti.:..

;.• .r. .•p s arc ciarked'j togother '.iiith5*tei;eaPtio: • •Apart froti . this;..I . ..ahall.giVo Yott*gliet7ip ..:•plamr'with the riejost s .tYpe of olookwoiledelay, togetherwith con con h.atod food. *.. ..' • ; •••••• ,:.,'.

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That papers shall • I havo ..for...ray.i .JOUrnoY? • . •

DESEIC017: The' ordor . froti • tho Chief ,•s aye:1:•.1s..raust.pltinflein without any' papora t *•":. ',YOU • oan....g.ef:•iaoiiey d'rcita •

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NMDFL signed a receipt for abba;',.‘20) tiagnetiO 031a4 .7Of ;',1 •Gerraan • origin, the same •nurabor Of ' . a . 0.>") •concentrated food' The . whole weieheid..40 .kg,!..whiet. 's::, }.19 • ' •eKdectod to carry to .Paris by himsolt.•• • • •

• • • •• •85. ,• NEBEL went •t6 Dolfort; • having ... f.'irskobta..eed. • 0004000:,france.frcei 10f/.. • At Dolfoz't ho raot /.1/1G1661617.7inclitittlitefii••:—..corxxiaiere.tod with rmrat, Co his t. • k4awherca11edit, and _said that he Ought to have rofuso'd,-;:to , ' .obe•y,,-;SC.F3*lai. s .. •order. • •

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• i/o-o86. NEDIECJ spent about toa days at Dolfort with•ILIGMisaRN.,.. during .whioh tic* .h6 *pent about azo,..,, • os :and .indulgod • ill.a. ooestaxrt , fr, ay.-series of farewell:drinks:and dinnor pa_ Mirr:' : '111-ttirc515.1rtliriitine HAC.71)ORN and NE] EL *wont td the I/o' 'of: thd. 8 th Arra . Co . !•Whil6hwas stationed at Dolfort, ,012,94raeatmt,a( , N./ o.introduced thaa,to the Chiof of Staff, Oberst MERLE, who said 'that it would bebetter to try to cross tho' lines through an :Array Corps which was -opposite . .Athorican troops, He rec9uraonded/1.14-11.1)011N and, um to .goto HaUptps.nn. )CILIAN the go': at the not azt-1,y, ste.tionod at Gobweiler.

87. roti returnqd to Dadenvoiler •becausci HAGEDORN wantod the. .French volunteers INI:EY_A aga. , ,to• pass. through the linesat the saMo tin() aii.7ttai. • 14'24. 1311CH ,sasilkwod"1.0f1/i. for tho • maps and plans.'of the buried sabotage.depots :and, gave .0. trirfreach-to/. AN N .and

tO oommi-4 to moriory, toilints:thoM:tolrotarn Vic; oiiginal d'ommontso 7211.,: :. Within 'to hours. . . The n'tixt dE4....thr.z. told. ..T.)41.4w : that NEY • •

had vrefuSed td'go to France and had .Withdravm his undertaking to -• •

. that 'affect. .

88. In the mcanwhilo .7s.IEDIOL hd . s cIpCiclod on . op4uk.-by, whiCh ho co.uldenter . France Vrith papers in • spite of having /000:3 4;:- ..P14.,a,o to• carry-any,: He. stayed in Milhlhausen and, 17i th..tho.,help:Of.;.thiqfispeClial

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got an Alsatian :identity ••card .4n ."•tho,:baraa.;:::Ot ;Karl jud.ks,barn . 22;3 .0 09r - ,,. The Mahlhiueen .:;Chiof dr..Poico,:,-,prOidecr,11.tatit;;Witylthis•id6ntitYpa:rd d'LS- '

••••••::1-.1e,fpas„ittnalsiatitin

born n SwitzOrländ T.vho had roturnad .1.1dadd"). in- . 1 940 in •a Geri.= aitlarAent sfactory. . . .

Oct '44

89. 'In Ootober ' 1944. NEI11I toOk: his-oiN;iliacv4Othos'to &Striss.farpors, H031123,. ,living at ilaison• Rouge near Patii*i.ip'•': ••/• f!..aagp and told hiii:::that if ..ho returned a?tor thewa.r MOSM thought NE:21%7a off3.6er in Sthe'li/affon .:3.3,;); he •would buy a house noar 1103Z-Vs •faria.. • • If .he,•did.,-,net..iet ••••back, •)103ER was to give NEBEL' s possossions to.his. • -•father:. and brotherin Switzerland+,

90. Before he.. loft .1.3adonvoig.or, 141140... hacl...4 ; ,,00nversaiion . with,. _lei:Alien .11:13VEZi. ,sovoral - .

addreStheii . Whera.ha'cou4d • contaet-LEARTIN or .tnali6;\anqUirios..0.1-..nut•.• him.: • Those Wore:- •

. . • • •37 Boulevard /lurat, LITT' s' flat. .•3 . Avenue di) la Dourdenne.iiii:..98 -rue Philippe iitguste, a bicycla shoP: ..,LITT's mother who had a shop in 11.0.r5oncy., - ••CALLLEMZSI 11r-tzila 56.7? .

LitT said -ht-it Nr..DEL had .alroady mot CAILizmit..

91. '0...AUDIOT told Rain', .that he • had.,recently ., :rec..... oivedrisit.from a friend of his,. iorraMORAND, attached FrenchPrope.Banda . /anis at tsT. • Holum . ITOuid be ..V.ety.intorosted in iho wor • a country.; house botiTeon . •

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+ MOSER' had hidden a certain )1,/ •who was being hunted by the .C,•cistap.o a •Doleart; .;•1103ER.;s:iiked- •NEBEL •te talco../U,RECHAL by . car to 'the Swiss frOntior.,,sodoUld eacapa to SitzOrland This ,IEDEL:did,•:taking1LARECHALalt.; 'far, as Couroollez, on the fr.ontior.

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Pierrofonds and Taillefontaino, near Compil)gno, which ho-Would put e.?

at the group's disposal as a mooting . placo for .agonts (Anlaufstello),or for parachuto operations. The property was callod Rouilldo.

92. GAUDIOT also said that Simone S32VET, living atl op 5 Cours'.de Rohan Paris,: might be of asstrint=7"1 •

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96. During tho week NE4131, spent with TONIN, ho hoard . a , good doalabout what TONIN had boon...doing sincp tho.boginning,of tho.var.Afte- tho capitulation of Prande, TOMT :Wasa Seaderfithrei'at Ast•

SUlmeguently he.took over

! IFIM-a-great;.deal of money... ! Ho had an exPOEsiv“partmthirt'at 42quai:de PassY and 'a mistrosiTho . Waii an artiSteailodF"7Edrtmann.TONIN told ' NEDFZ.that he CoUldViSit.horris:if i: heipas. in modofmopoy,and.)thathocieuld'diSoaftly'to'EritEdikitT;•,'!ObLiatiriotorof. jQ3JISSE,:SUISSE, ruadu.,qUa-E767.6741ZEBFb7.7.td-ar tha

• :Opera.' ,RD: had recoived 500,000::tranoafraTONEOihw!t;old---:!* ' /MEL that ETZRHARDT could bo relied on. as *havicl.s. aidoepIi.it the *

mire as TONIN-hitheelf. • . .• . • • • • • .• •

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26 Oct '',414. 97. At 2200 on 26th OctobOr_1944 . .Hauptmann HOERIANNtdokNYZEL .to tho.Command Post of tho Battalion,*TretiereEaUptmanWICALZEIT!--

. • . HAWSER adoompaniod him to the main battlo-linoS'on'thaoUtsloirts.of the village of 1,0 Tholy, Noro•NEDEI; spOnt two night6 iz the woodsand, on tho ' night of October'28th. presented himsolf to cortaid .U.S. .forces, neox xOnrapt iVasan fasP.tian ;anxious • to got

\ . French identity papors, •

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.19 Oct '44 . 93, On Thursday 19th Ootobsr 194411Y mki.0 uraiiCH-!I.:3 00°1211and-1,,LIEGEN .welit to Gdrardmor whero 0 o

• . .Cern7-btalcutnant ZO NEDEL ancl.tho'tgo-Pronobmen.woro imoiVilian clothes. OborloUtnant*.ZODLINERbad alroady.boOn.toldabout the party by Hauptaann•KILMLN Of'CobWoi*Or,.and . took them.tothe i/o of the Division, HaUptaann E&EgANN Who:promised...to help im.

: evory'way. He said that .hould send.outpatrolscaifthoro wore any gaps in tho'linos, He also said' that it : might be .a good thing to get into touch with, the S.D. iit•Gorardner;as they.had been there a long tide, The 'whole party wontioundbut.thechief, Sturmbannfahror HOOD, was not there;. The party then wont,to the Frette,ufkgrun i S )1) slim.in the;vilia:sans,souci, where'NEUEL i toly reoogn go. • •chiof'oftho TPUpp:as.a,formor.aoquaintOnco from .121.*(0 1.LMN.10 ..TONEg* invit&INEDELto stay in his offie6f6F-as-lona.:o.w.,he,romainekiti,Ger4dber.HthEDORN, trumacir, '7Pq1ut-anà • .iti.,i-pAiriiaciiMi41;1634"..4hilci

dir;ht days • at •GorartiactiarepsfirVgag.dit; ,A0iptlrlicra•uniforra and 'had•-.7Orking for hiii'.01i§7itifi*OfAi4i.a.ctui • Ittlf

and three Coition agents Of Froneh natiOtia •• • y4.4;41--. . ••Louis phonotic).6Louis CHEVALIERI. . .

who had an eye ailment through_stiogldIitidnost'in4tuasiai * • • !

he!

n.301E270„,,aged 16, the of an ada f

tiitetziatOr, 'i:e..;stio'cifis-:. oatod property . in .Paris; had tv'io 'brOtlid0:4n'thei

94. On Lwd or throe ocOaSions a couple living atGer4idmor canein. They had•formerly had a. fabric businoss.c.t.Elbeeuf:moar

husband had boon a.uombor of thol):P.P.. • . • . • .•

95., fog days later, HAGEDORN rotUrnod with .; fr a O. Z-!4

and took thom to tho .FmaaufklfiPun s • • muzimmat St.to got falso . idontity cards . or't m.. VW:* • gavo. E6ORN 300,000 *francs saying that ho could not take all ..the honey ho had with him, •and that if he did not come back HAGEDORN coUld_koop half for himp. •self and givo the other half'to his'fianoeoboorr,tto and his.ohildat Mfthlhauson. NEnrz alsogave:somaghat morO:than 60,000 franos..to VILTEGEN.