Paul Fidrmuc, freelance Abwehr agent in Lisbon, WWII
Date:
20-05-1947/20-01-1949
Reference:
KV 2/199
Creator:
Security Service
Catalogue context:
Paul Georg FIDRMUC, alias FIDERMUTZ, RANTZAU, codename OSTRO: a freelance Abwehr agent in Lisbon, whose prolific reporting was based on gossip, speculation and press reports. Most of it was inaccurate and, when seen via ISOS, gave rise to no concern. However, in the run-up to OVERLORD his reports were sufficiently close to the truth that he was for a time considered as a candidate for elimination.
Categories:
Second World War
Subjects:
Conflict; Operations, battles and campaigns
Topics:
Military and war
Period:
Postwar
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