- Heinz Felfe
Heinz Paul Johann Felfe (
March 18 ,1918 -May 8 2008 ) was a German national who was a former SS "Obersturmführer ", who worked for the "Bundesnachrichtendienst " after theSecond World War and who became aspy for theSoviet Union .Felfe joined the "
Sicherheitsdienst " of the SS in 1943, for which he was stationed in Switzerland and the Netherlands. He was captured by the British Army in 1945. After the war he provided intelligence to the Brits, but they released him suspecting he was a Soviet mole. In 1951 he joined the Gehlen Organization, quickly raising through the ranks.Felfe was arrested on spying charges on
November 6 ,1961 , and put to trial in 1963. He obtained a 14-year sentence, but was released in 1969 in exchange for three West German students who were convicted in the Soviet Union for spying, Walter Naumann, Peter Sonntag and Volker Schaffhausen. [cite news | title = Spione | publisher = Der Spiegel | date = June 27, 1962] [cite news | title = Spionage; Felfe | publisher = Der Spiegel | date = February 24, 1969] [cite news | title = Bonn Trades Top Soviet Agent For 3 Students Jailed as Spies | publisher = The New York Times | date = February 15, 1969]Bibliography
* "Im Dienst des Gegners: 10 Jahre Moskaus Mann im BND" (1986)
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* [http://www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/goda.pdf CIA Files Relating to Heinz Felfe, SS Officer and KGB Spy]
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