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., I. PREAl23LEII. • PERSONAL . HISTORY

III 1.1.0VEi,.MTTSIV. CONNECTION WITHV. CONTACTS

1. r:REA:11BLE

1. Prisoner is. • ‘,. A.UST tho age 15 )-4'9 ,,,aArp.e21:nto.;.psntawith. the then 'illegal Nam±; 01.,.lov'etki.A::•• •in LUSTRI4.and..joinedf the 11,7 and laterSS there, In ;Jul )3 n9, xan away from his parental home and. a hated.apitenti4ceSiiip 'i-d.th a watelvAaker! t?bocorac a professional Waffen-SS: soldierin GER ,LANY, ,,e

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•kberiiiesSand,int.011TiPneeinab .t .64.4.eg comiLiidioned .rank in the Waffenr.SSafter coailoaratiye3;y short service He has a good war record and claims thatho would have held higher rank if the action of onc of his subordinates,for which he had to assume responsibility, had not stopped his Promotion.

3. Prisoner is . tough and courageous. He was reticent at first and wasinterrogated under great pressure. Ho gradually changed his attitude andultimately became co-Operative,

4. Prisoner has boon tested through "H" and in other ways, and the infmobtained from him is considered reliable.

PERSONAL HISTORY

5. Personal Details

Date & Place of Birth: 18 Jul 15, WIENER NEUSTADT..Nationality Claimed: Gorman (formerly- Austrian)..Rank: SS Stubaf.

Joined HJ in AUSTRIA highest rank reached: Schaf.Joined A11g SS WIENER NEUSTADT.Wont to GERiiiITY. Joined Waffen-SS, SS . Lager LECHFRT.D.Attended FUhryrschuly BRUNSWICK (SS Standaxtenjunker).Promoted Ustufin 'PP • . Ste. DEUTSCEILND. Moved toEILVANGEN-JAGSTdjt to Krad-Sdhatzen Bn at ELLWANGEN.

Promoted. Ostuf. Instructor at ELLWANGEN. Ordonnanm-off r SS Sta zbV FITAT!ANGEC.-OC Leichtc 1,,bwohr Kolonne„ Polish campaign. Wounded.Russian campaign. Wounded, Promoted. Hiatstuf. IittPz Abt "DAS REICH", stationed in FRANCE.Returned to RUSSIA (KURLLND). libunded, • Sent asinstructor to BITCH, FRANCE. • . .

Returned to Eastern Front and was in hospital atbiliNDAGA . (?), ESTONIA. Then attended School forcommanders of Pt units and was att to Pz Bad "GROSS"nr RM.. Russian co.upaign with III Germ Ps Korps.00 • a Pz Abt.

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Fighting withdrawal from RUSSIA;HALLE/SAALE. Promoted Stubaf.Coma Pz Abt 503, in action nr DANZIG,OC defence (Pz)'of the outer perimeter of ReicheKanzlei, BERLIN.

EK II.EK I.Deutsches Krauz in Gold..Ritterkreuz. •PanzerkampfabzeichenVerwundetenabzeichen (Silber).

III. • MOVEMENTS

.Prisoner, dressed in civilian clothes, left BERLIN withStandf :LOSER, Hptstuf SENN Ci'rio.7)ners 4t:CSDIC(WEL,) iIrC.:Othere4Later the party split up. Prisoner and SENN went to SCHLESWIG.They stayed for a short while with Frau NOT at'SCHWARZENBEK.Later they moved to KLEIN PAMPOW, where they stayed for eightor ten days with WITTE and worked as farm horlds„ Through WITTEPrisoner and SENN met an Ing VEIDT of HaOTRG. VEIDT foundemployment for them with Johann J.:NS, HATZURG-BERGEDORF,building contractors. They worked there as labourers anddrivers until Jan 46. Prisoner and SENN used their awn names':Prisoner states that JANS did not knowthat . Prisoner and SENNhad been in the SS, Prisoner lived on board the dredger"HANNES", owned - by JANS. He asserts that he removed hisblood-group tattoo mark by burning it out with a cigarette. •Prisoner loft his employment with JLNS on 22 .ug.45 becauseevery workman had to complete a questionnaire, which. Prisonerwas unwilling to do. Prisoner then wont to stay with. FrauHUSING, Wartenau 8, HAMBURG. Through her he regained contactwith Dr SCHLICHTE, whom Prisoner had first met in Nov/Dec 44,Prisoner went to STUTTGART and ELLWANGEN to see his wife andchild. He left word with Frau HUSING that if his wife cameto IT2LBURG during his absence, she should wait for him there.On his arrival at ELIWANGEN, Prisoner learned that his wifehad gone to KL.i.BURG. He returned to HAMBURG immediately:,but found that his wife had left again) as Frau HVSING hadfailed to deliver his'message.Prisoner went to HANOVER to visit GRATHWOL ) and stayed withhim for two days. Prisoner also met THEILE during, that time.From HANOVER Prisoner want to DUNGELBECK nr PEINE to visitZURKAU. He stayed at DUNGELBECK for one day. After thatPrisoner returned to HAhBURG.Prisoner received a letter from his wife telling him that shewas ill and had to undergo an operation. Prisoner thereforedecided to ask SCHLICHTE for financial aid and then to go . toSTUTTGART.Prisoner went again to HANOVER and met GRATHWOL and RIEDWEG.He also met =ILE and BORGQLDE.Prisoner went from HANOVER to ' BITITaFELD and thence to STEIN-HAGEN to visit SOELICHTE.Prisoner returned to HAMBURG.Prisoner left NAI:IBURG for STUTTGART.

Prisoner arrived in STUTTGART and wont to his wife's uncle,'Alfred BECK, Ornerstr 36; he telegra-thed his wife atELLWANGEN to come to STUTTGART. Prisoner was afraid to showhimself in ELIZANGEN for fear of being denounced.Prisoner's wife arrived in STUTTGART.Prisoner was arrested.

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IV., CONNECTION 'NITH LAliiParADE,

TILE (Prisoner at CSDIC(WEL); see Final Report 99) told hisinterrogators very circumstantial tales about Prisoner's activities.According to •THEILE, Prisoner was one of the leading lights of LAMPSHADE,and oertainly the most important LAMPSHADE personality in the HAMBURGare Since then it has become apparent that most of THETLR's Statementsare either greatly exaggerated or complete inventions.. Interrogators havehad the opportunity of testing Prisoner very carefully: and have also beenable to Cheek his statements through interrogation of several otherprisoners at CSDIC(WEA).

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The full extent of Prisoner's connection with LAMPSHADE appears to beas follows:

Towards beg 1946 Prisoner conceived the plan of making contact withhis former brother SS-officers, He claims that his only purpasewas atfirst to learn-about their fate and to re-establish contact with his comrades.Prisoner met some of them in HLLBURG (SLNIN, DIDSER, HOLZER, etc). In Feband Mar 46 he travelled to HANOVER to visit GRATHWOL, and RIEDNEG (Prisonersat CSDIO(;7EA); seeFinal Report 95 dated. 12 Sep 46). Prisoner had bynow carried his plan one step further.. During his conversations with •GRATHWOL and RIEDWEG, he suggested that they should try to setup an Old.Comrades' Association for the purpose of keeping in conteet-With'eaCh other:mutual help, assistance for war widowsand orphans, etct-appeared thatGRATHWOL and RIEDWEG showed some interest in PrizonerldeaS, but werenot prepared to give him more than Moral encouragement. Nhilst in HANOVERPrisonel net THEILE by chance and through him'BORGOLDE EHRMANN. Prisonerdiscussed with them his plans and found in them ready and sympatheticlisteners. .

By the time of Prisoner's arrest on 30 Mar 46, his plans had not gone• beyond the discussion stage. , ..lie,had not done anything towards establishing

his proposed. association. He denies that he aver intended to fora a move-ment directed against, the British authorities, or that he ever took part inany such movement.

Prisoner has been tested in many interrogations and 'PO associAtions,and his version of his LAMPSHADE activities is believed to be true. Forthe sake of completeness a detailed acdount is given in the following para-graphs of Prisoner's various contacts. Quite independently at" his proposedplan, Prisoner became involved in several forgeries and the procurement offalse documents, Detailed infm on these activities is set out in the para./graphs on DICKeELD, IfRZ, ROHNEDDER, STEN= and ZUEKAU.

V. CONTACTS 12. BECK.:,' .]ajor Helmuth (Prisoner CSDIC(WEA); see Final Report 86)

DICKFELD (qv) took Prisoner on a visit to BECK at HANBURG-WELLINGS,-BffTTEL in early 46. After BECK had ascertained that Prisoner . was trust-worthy he talked, freely. BECK tola them about his organisation of officersof GROSSDEUTSCHLAND Div.

/ 13. BECKER, Emil (not BECK)Prisoner obtained. BECKER's name and address frau STENDER (Iv). BECKER

was formerly an Ustuf in STENDER's unit, Pz Regt 11, Div NORDLAND. Prisonerwas endeavouring to find a tpt fina under whose licence he could run oneor. two lorries. Either BECKER, his father-in-law or another relativeowned a tpt business in WAR3SEN (not NARPSDORF) and Prisoner intendedto call on him. The visit became unnecessary, as Prisoner had opened.,negotiations with Frau SAUERBREY in the meantime. Prisoner, therefore:did not'go ' to WARBSEN. , He does not know BECKER personally.

14, BORGOLDE EITOMANN (fnu)

a) Prisoner's First Ireetinp; with .BORGOLDE

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association of officers as planned by Prisoner. Prisoner learned thatBORGOLDE lived in I-L.I.•3URG and they arranged to meet again there in 6. week'stime.

bl Ptisoner's Second. ldeeting with BORGOLDE

Prisoner and BORGOLDE net again at the Orchideen Cafe (Piton Bloomen),HAhBURG, as previously arranged. The mooting lasted only about a quarterof an hour. BORGOLDE appeared very keen to set himself up as a haulagecontractor, too.

c) BORGOEDE l s Proposed Tpt Concern

Prisoner states that they did not talk about Prisoner's org. BORGOLDEconcentrated on the possibility of setting up a haulage contractor'sbusiness and enquired about prisoner's business connections. Prisonerthinks he . Day have mentioned Frau SAUERBREI and BECKER of W.LRBSEN. BORGOLDEsaid he had already approached two ex officers,. BONTE (?) and FREI (?), •who were apparently about to establish theuselves as haulage contractors.d) BORGOLDE's Forged Papers

. Prisoner was shown some false papers by BORGOLDE.in which it was statedthat he had been in .LUSTRIe and had given help to the Oormalnists during the"illegale BORGOLDE offered to supply Prisoner with such papers, IputPrisoner rejected the offer.

15. DICKFELD; 211frod @ Dr WINTBR

Prisoner was introduced to DICK:FELD by TAUCHERT in Jan 46. DICKFITMD,a former HJ leader, was an Obstlt in the GAF and held the Knight's Crosswith Oakleaves.

a) DICKFELD's Cover-names

Prisoner and DICKFELD , met frequently after their first introduction.DICKFMTO mentioned that he was registered under the alias ef Dr WINTER,Rabenhorst, Hel.BURG-ELLINGSBtiTTEL. DICKFELD did not live there, but hereferred to the address as his fokhole. Prisoner assumed that DIMFELD wasalso using other cover-names.

b) Transport Business

Prisoner was informed by DICEFELD that he intended to establish himself•in the chenical-pharDaceutical trade. Prisoner thinks, however, thatDICKFTLD subsequently abandoned this plan. Prisoner visited DICKETwnshortly after their first neeting at his address lil_BURG-EPPENDORF, Iaestr64 0 c/o Frau ELNDT. He was then inforADd by DICIGTM that he intended to

•start dealing in cars and lorries. He said he had good connections withthe "AT Park in FLENSBURG. Alternatively, he intended to start a businessas haulage contractor. DICKFELD wanted Prisoner to work for him under anassumed name and start the business. Prisoner also Dontioned that a FrauSLUERERBY, KASTEN's (qy) mother-in-law, who had a haulage contractor'sbusiness at 11AI3UM-GROSSEORSTEE, might be prepared to run one or two lorriesunder her licence for DICKFELD's or Prisoner's -proposed, firm.

On 13 Mar 46 DICKFELD took Prisoner and a forgier Hptm named PSOSS tothe C-ewerbe Polizei, HBURG ela=appeared to be DICKFELD's businesspartneL. Prisoner and FRCSS waited outside the Gewerbe Polizei whilstJ=KFELD Went inside; . he reappeared after a short whale and said they couldnow start their fin, DICKFELD showed Prisoner a licence (Gewerbesdhin)for a haulage business.made out to Dr INTNTM (DIGIT-Pin t s alias), Thethree went to the restaurant "Gustav von Schweden" to celebrate the occasion.There it was agreed that the details of . the partnership between DICKFELD,PROSS and Prisoner should he discussed. on Prisoners return freia STUTTGART.It was not clear whether Prisoner was to be a partner or an employee.

c) False Documents

It end ,Tan or beg Feb 46 DICK277,-0 took Prisoner to the Polizei-Diroktion, Drehbahn, ILaupta, They saw Frau VOGT11L1'N, to whom DICKappeared. to be well knaan. She talked to the official in the Kennkartenstelle,DICKTELD obtained a provisional identity card for Prisoner without anydifficulty. It was Jiade out in the none of WOLDENBERG, 6 name chosenby Prisoner. The identity card was a provisional , one, as Prisoner had /3_

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no photograph at the time.. A short time later DICKFELD and Prisonerwent again to the sanc place and exchanged the provisional identity cardfor the usual Kennkarte. Prisoner used the name of WOLDENBERG on the adviceof DICKFELD, who thought that the proposed business might be endangeredthrough the use of Prisoner's real name. Prisoner also gave a falseaddress, ie 51 Binsenweg, HLLDURG-SASEL. This was the address of HansSCI-LMT (qv).

DICKFELD appeared to have very good connections with the HAEBURG PolizeiPrnsidium, where he was a frequent visitor. DICKFELD once told Prisonerthat he had once been given an opportunity to look through the lists ofwanted people and had checked whether his and Prisoner's names appearedin these lists; this was not the case. On another occasion DICKFELD toldPrisoner that he had given Frau VOGT1,LUIN RE 1000 for false papers.

DICKFELD n,entioned that he had given false discharge papers to anumber of people. Prisoner romaubers the following, whom he net at •DICKFELD's house:

GUNDA was said to own a haulage contractor'sfirm in BRUNSWICK. He appeared to be wellacquainted with Frau =DT, DICKI IA:D's landlady.HdFER was supposed to be a refugee from the Russian.Zone.

In Mar 46 Prisoner supplied DICKFELD at his request with three or fourD 2 forms, which he had obtained. fron STENDLR (qv).

End Jan/beg Feb 46, when they were discussing plans for starting theirtpt DICKTELD told Prisoner that they would require various documentsin order to obtain the necessary licences for the vehicles. DICKFELD intendedto forge these documents, or some of them. He handed several prints ofstamps to Prisoner and asked him to find someone to :7.1-,_ke the stamps.Prisoner remembers the following prints:-

517 hil Gov Dot (stamped on a travel permit);Swedish Red Cross;Gemeinde 'SCHONWLLDE or SOH6NWEIHE;Russian Kommandantur, DRESDEN;A triangle, possibly on DICKFELD's wife's travel permit.

Prisoner cut one stamp , 517 hIl Gov Dot, the one found in his room,As DICKFwLD was not satisfied with the stamp, Prisoner returned the prints.Prisoner does not know whether DICKFELD had the stamps made elsewhere,

d) DICKFELD's Travels

DICKPMLD aPpeared to travel 4 good deal, going mainly to LUBECK,ITZEHOE and UTERSEN. Prisoner claims that he does not know the purpose ofthese journeys.

0) DICKFTWs Funds and PlansDICKFELD often boasted that ho had vast sums of

but he did not disclose how he halobtained the nonehe was custodian of a sum of RI 120,000, and that hethis money to set up the planned. car and lorry businmentioned that he would use the funds for the purposcomrades and GLF personnel.

On one occasion Prisoner was shown by DICKFELD100 fr notes. On being pressed about the origin ofmentioned that it had been given him by some SwedisLfrom SWITZERLLND to SWEDEN. Prisoner cannot give a:this money.

About beg 46 Prisoner and DICKFRL-0 visited hAjor BECK (V). DICK-FELD mentioned to BECK his plans for assisting former HJ leaders and GilF

personnel, adding that he intended to include the widows of q;,5i officersin his scheme, When discussing a lAessenger service, DICK -FM') mentionedthat he was using two members of the former Edelweiss Piraten for thiswork.

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Prisoner states that he does not know where DICKFELD is now. DICKFELD,whose wife and four children were living somewhere nr DRESDEN at the tine,mentioned once that he Had rented, or was about to rent, a flat at WESTER-LAND/SYLT. This flat was supposed to be fully furnished.

16. von EULENBURG, Grt:finAdelheid

LIODAU/Lake CONSTANCE. 'IIEDWEG sont her a copy of his essay "Derbilndische Sozialismus" and a letter via =ZIG. These were to be forwardedby hor to RIEDEG's sister in.SWITZELAND. -Prisoner was prevented by hisarrest from delivering the essay and the letter.

17. FRITSCHE, fnu

, Prisoner met FRITSCHE by chance in Nov (?) 45. , FRITSCHE had been aHptschaf in the Wbffen-SS and. Prisoner's CSIJ. (Spiess) in Div "DAS REICH".Prisoner gave an account of his Present circumstances to FRITSCHE, whoofferea his assistance. FRITSCHE promised to give Prisoner. RH 2500 in Nov (?)45, so that he could obtain a D 2 form for himself frmu RCHWEDDER. Prisonermet Stubaf HOLZER at FRITSCHE's home whilst there to collect the RE2500 for a D 2 . form. He also net TIMH (qv), a former SS Oschaf (?), there.

18. GRATHWOL. Arthur (Prisoner CSDIC(WEA); see Final Report 95)• Prisoner obtained GRATHWOL's address from SINN (qv). • Prisoner wentto HANOVER to visit GRATHWOL and RTETWEG at beg Feb 4.6, to enquire •about •the fate of other fonuer'comrades. Prisoner stayed with GRATHWOL for twodays. GRATHWOL was living under his own name and working as a bricklayer.Prisoner suggested that they should endeavour to make contact with as manyof their former fellow SS officers as possible, Prisoner had in Land forrormembers of III Genianische Pz H)rps.

Prisoner net GRATHWOL again in mid Mar 46. Together they called onRIEDWEG (v) where they net SIDON (v). They had a long discussion.

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Prisoner had met HOLZER in Dec 44 when HOLZM was . 00 Pz Ausb Regt.He was then A Stubaf. Prisoner net him againj.n NDV (?) 45 at FRITSCHE'sh:.,me, whilst there to collect RH 2500 for a'D 2 form. HOLZER was thenusing the no.me of SGH6NTHALER; FRITSCHE told Prisoner that it was thel'aiden name of HOLZER's wife. FRITSCHE also mentioned that HOLZER'hadreached the rank ot estubaf and that he had the .. -iitterkreuz. Prisoner doesnot know HOLZE ut thinks that he might be living with theparents-in-la of ZACEILICULS a TZSSTMT-IUREN. ZACF_AR14 .3 was. formerlyHOLLER' s Aajt,

KUHILYINN, 'Herbert

Prisoner stated that whilst in the Amerimn camp for SS at BABENHAUSEN,he was told. by several fellow prisoners, and. in particular by UschafKRAUSGRIL, that KUHLMANN was in an American camp for PW' at LANGWASSER„

21. 'KASTEN. Willi .•

Former SS Ostuf Div WIKING. Son-in-law of Frau SAUERBREY, HAliBURG-GROSSBORSTEL, Brackwiesenstr. Prisoner has known KASTEN since about 1943.•KASTEN obtained two D 2 forms Cram Prisoner in Mar 4.6, one for himself, theother for a thi yd person, .a former SS Oschaf Div WIKING, name unknown (seeSTE1ZER).

22. LINDERO Horst (Prisoner CSDIC(WEA); see Final Report 100)Former SS Ustuf. Unit not known. Approached PrisOner by letter in

Mar 46 and asked for a D 2 fo.r..4 Supposed to have obtained Prisoner'saddress from FRITSChT, (v).. Received a D 2 form on 23 Mar 46 (see STENDER).

23, hDSER. Johann Heinrich (Prisoner CSEIG(WEA))

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by ROHWEDDER (qv). frma Prisoner against payment of RM 2000 in Nev (?)45. The rloney was given to Prisoner by MOSER's father, Treschkew Mee.27, H:LBURG. •

.24. MIO2, fnuApparently former officer. Employed at Arbeitsamt,'Pferdemarkt, HAMBURG,

as head of the dept for commercial employees. Old acquaintance of'DICKFELD.Provided Prisoner with yellow work permit in the name of WOLDENBERG.

L .-) 25. von NEURATH 1 Fritz

Supposed to be the son of the former German Foreign Minister. RlEDWEGsent . a letter to him mid Har 46 through Prisoner. Prisoner was prevented byhis arrest from delivering it.

26. PROSS fnuFLENSBURG. Former GAF officer and old acquaintance of DICKFELD.

Prisoner met him end Feb and again Mar 46. Appears also to be interestedin .DICKFELD's tpt concern,

) 27. von REITZENSTEIN, Olga (Internee.CSDIC(WEA))Prisoner gives the following explanation of the letters written by him'

to REITZENSTEIN.a) Letter dated HAMBURG 8 mar 46

Prisoner gave WOLDENBERG as the sender's name. He had intended to goto WARBSEN to visit BECKER in connection with the proposed tpt firm.This visit became unnecessary as Prisoner had initiated negotiations withFrau SAUER= in the meantime. The letter from HANOVER was sent by RIEDWEG,whom Prisoner had missed on his first journey to HANOVER. RIEDWEG wroteto Prisoner inforaing him when he would he at home and. asking prisoner tovisit him if possible. Prisoner wrote that he would not be back in HAMBURGuntil 17 or 18 Mar because he had arranged to meet GRATHWOL again duringthe middle of Mar.b) . Letter dated H:I JBURG 13 Ear 46

DICKFELD had obtained the licence (Gewerbeschein) for the contemplatedhaulage business that morning, and they had celebrated. in the "GuSte.V . vonSchweden". The word "Fest""qas misread by the translator for "Pas8o ,44 the,translation is therefore ..islcading.. Ltd:soner hoped to _obtain a fat 'bottlesof Schnaps from Dr SCKLICETE's distillery.c) Letter dated HANOVER 17 Mar 46

Prisoner intended to go to STEINHAGEN nr BIELEFELD to visit- Dr . SCHLICHTEand ask for financial aid, as his wife was ill and had to undergo an operation.DICKFELD had succeeded in obtaining the licence to open a haulage contractor'dbusiness and Prisoner therefore had a means of livlihood. He hoped hisjourney to STEINEAGEN would also be suCcessful.

28. RIEDW-Ba t Franz (Prisoner CSDIC(WEA); see Final Report 95)Prisoner and GRATHWOL called on RIEDWEG at beg Feb 46, but he was out

at the time. Prisoner and GRATHWOL called on RIEDWEG again mid Mar 46.Thee they met SIDON (0). A long discussion ensued4 . during which Prisonerrepeated his /fttention to make contact with former SS officers, mainly ofIII Gerzanische Pz Korps. The org was to serve the purpose of maintainingcontact and giving mutual assistance. RIEDWEG.and GRATHWOL encouragedPrisoner in his plans. All activity against the occupying Power was condemned(Prisoner adds here that he, like many others, would be only too pleasedto be peruitted to join the British Army in the event of an arraed =Mot'with RUSSIA). Prisoner mentioned that he intended to go to STUTTGART inthe near future. RIEDWEG thereupon asked. Prisoner to take with him . threeletters and a small parcel containing a nimeograpiled copy (abt 30 pages)of RIEUWEG's essay 'Ter bandisehe SozialismuS". - crisoner was requested togive one letter and the copy of the essay to Grgfin EULENBURG at LINDAWLakeCONSTANCE and to ask her to forward them to RIEDWEG's sister in SWITZERLAND.PrisDner agreed to carry cut the commission. The second letter was addressed

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29. ROEWEDDER, Otto

Prisoner met ROHWEDDER through T4ID_ELRT, who was an instructor at HSV(Hamburger Sport Verein) in Nov (?) -45. ROHWEDDER is a well-known footballerand a member of the HSV. Prisoner told TAUCHERT that he was in need oftwo D 2 forms, one for himself and one for Johann Heinrich MOSER. TAUCHERTpromised that he would try and find someone who could. supply such forms. •i few days later TAUCHERT told Prisoner On the telephone that he had founda • an who was in a position to supply two D 2 forms for RH 2000 each.TAUCHERT arranged a . mecting between Prisoner and ROHWEDDER. They met onez11,..;;Tial-I.Jvii_5(7,) at 0900 hrs in front of the Hotel Reichshof in HAMBURG.They exchanged a few words . and agreed to meet again at 1700 hrs on the same.day, at the Restaurant Klosterburg. They met there as arranged and Prisonerpaid RH 4000 to ROHWEDDER, who asked him to wait at the Klosterburg, ashe was going to collect the forms. Prisoner was worried about his moneyand followed ROHTEDDER without the latter's knowledge. Prisoner saw ROHWEDDERgo into a beer cellar at or next-door to the house of the • WALLHOF Cabaret.ROHWEDDER reappeared about half an hour later accompanied by an Uffz of the.Wehrmacht, a short man (about 1.65 m), who.wore a red armlet, which,according to Prisoner, indicated that he belonged to the staff of the . Kunst-halle Discharge Centre. ROHWEDDER and this Uffz had a conversation lastingabout ten minutes before they parted. Prisoner hurried back to the Kloster-burg, where ROHWEDDER reappeared after a short time. L.0:7,;MDERthen D 2 fori to explciJied te ho toceY:cplete . the;ie LI the Pro:P r :EOLELDER lertPriponer.

A few days later Prisoner required a third D • 2 form for SENN. Prisonerrang ROHWEDDER at the HSV. Prisoner and ROHWEDDER agreed to : meet in thestreet somewhere near the Dammtor (Prisoner does not remetber the exactlocation). ROHWEDDER kept the appointment - he arrived by bicycle - andhanded over one D 2-form to Prisoner against payment of RR 2000.

Distiller, STEINHAGEN. Prisoner and SCaLICHTE became friends whenPrisoner was billeted on SCHL1DHTE during Nov/Dec 44, Prisoner mentionedto his landlady, Frau HUSING, that he wanted to take up contact with Dr•SCHLICHTE again and learned, from her that Dr SCHLICHTE made visits . to hisbranch distillery NORWINA at HAMBURG-RAHLSTEDT v.which was managed by hiscousin4 also named SCHLIGHTE. End Jan 1.4.6 (?) PrisonerAlent to RLELSTEDTand met Dr SCHLICHTE, who knew Prisoner as a former SS Stubaf. Only privateMatters were discussed. Dr SCHLICHTE offered Prisoner financial assistance •whenever he might be in need of it. Prisoner mentioned that his wife wasill and had to undergo an operation and that he therefore required financialassistance. Dr . SCHLICHTE gave Prisoner. FM 2000 and a note entitling himto collect fifteen bottles , of Schnaps from the distillery at RAHLSTEDT.Furthermore, Dr SCHLICHTE 'arranged for Prisoner to have a permit to use theexpress train to HAI3URG. Prisoner states that he did. not receive anyother papers from Dr SCHLICHTE.

\Y 32. SCE!" T, Hans

HidijBURG-SjiEJEL,. Binsenweg 51.

Former' 33 Itoh-lf HQ Pz Regt 11 Div , NORDL.M. Prisoner met SCHHIDTfirst in 45 during the defence of BERLIN. He pet hip again in Nov 1.4.5 on

. the tram in H.....1.'iBURG on Which SCHU1DT was a conductor. Following an invitation •Prisoner visited:SCH,..IDT rather frequently. .Through SCiT. he =ton •different occasions: KA5TEN 1 • RUDOLF„ STENDER, MISCHIN and ZURKLU.

30. RUDOLF, -fnul.

Alleged to have been SS Oschaf Div NIXING. Said to hold Ritterkreuz'.Prisoner met him once at SCHHIDT's home.

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In BERLIN bog May 45. Made his way with Prisoner to SCHLESWIG., Stayed with Prisoner for a short while with a Frau . NOTE, SCHWAPZENBEK.Later he and Prisoner moVed to KLEIN POW and stayed with a Herr.WITTEfor eight or ten days, working as farm hands. Through TTL, SENNH .and Prisoner met an engineer VEIDT, who obtained employment for bothof thorn with Johann JS, building contractors, HL11,BURG-BERGEDORF.SENN obtained d. D 2 form (supplied by ROHWEDDIp.(v)) from Prisoner againstpayment of RM 2000 in Nev (?). 45. Prisoner supplied SENN with another -two or three D 2 forms in har 46 (see STENDER). Prisoner met SENNlaSt about 25 Mar 46 shortly before he left for STUTTGART..

•cr 34.. SIDON fnu

Former SS Ostuf and Ldjt Pz Regt NORDLLND. Prisoner met .SIDON whenvisiting RIEDWEG mid Mar 46. •

35. STENDER,. fnu Former SS Oschaf Pz Regt 11 Div N01OLLND under SENN (01v). • AddresS

Rieseberg 90., Prisoner met STENDER first at SCI-MMOT's(qv) in Jan 46. STENDER mentioned to Prisoner that BECKER'(gy) ofWLRBSENHaight be able to provide the licence to run one or two lorries,He gave Prisoner BECKER f s-address. End Fob/beg Mar 46 Prisoner approachedSTENDER on DICKFTLWs urgent request and asked him for a number of D 2 formswhieh STENDER was to obtain from his friend- =KAU (qv). STENDER handed .eight to ton D 2 ferns to Prisoner at beg Mar 46. Prisoner distributedthese form3 during Mar 46 as follows:- .

One to LINDENLU;Tuo to KASTEN;Two or three to SENN;Three or four to DICKFELD.

56. THEILE, Willi (Prisoner CSDIC(WEA); sec Final Report 99),Prisoner met TILE in ELNOVER at bcg , Feb 4.6, THEILE was Prisoner's

former Hptschaf .(Spiess) when Prisoner was OC a unit in RUSSIL. Onhis second visit to HANOVER mid Mar 4.6, Prisoner called on THEILE againat the Polizeischule, Welfenplatz. =ILL' had left, and Prisoner wasdirected to his house. Prisoner asked THEME if he could help him taobtain a licence to run on or two lorries. BORGOLDE ERDMLNN (qv)turned, 112 during the meeting. :Crisoner and =ILE had a short discussionon the political situation. Prisoner mentioned the plan for hisassociation of officers ana it appeared that THMLE was connected withan organisation similar to the one contemplated by Prisoner.

37. TIMM fnu

Oschaf (?), Leiter Abt 3 Pz Lusb u Brs Regt, SENNELAGER.Prisoner his known TIMM since 1943 and. met 'him again at FR1TSCHE's

(gy) home. Is said to be a small 'haulage contractor.

38. WITTE, fnu

KLEIN-PLMPOW. Prisoner and STN (Tr) stayed with•WITTE for aboutten days in May 45. WITTE was not awarethat they were SS officers.WITTE, who had previously worked in a munitions factory in IiLia.URG,sUpplied. PriScr:r and SD1N with letters certifying that they had beenemployed as guards at that factory, had been t'',..i.scharged'ana were ontheir way home.

39. VaISVE4INN, fnu

Hptstuf. Roonstr 24, HAhBURO. Former OC rt Abt NORDLAND. -Prisoner has known him since 1935. Prisoner heard of WISCIILDIN againthrough SCHMIDT and called once at above'addressi

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2',UrRI<U, Hugo

Former SS Hptschaf Pz Regt 11 Div. NO:RDL.:ND; GR.',.TINTOL • s Spiess.,Iddress DUNGELBECK No 7 near PEETE„

Prisoner i:et ZURKI.0 first at SCHI:l.DT's (qv) in Jan 46.. ZURL'JJtold Prisoner that he was in a position to supply D 2 forras as he had.access to some in a storeroora whore ho worked. Lt the tic Prisonerdeclined. ZURIC:11P s offer, Beg Feb 46 ., in connection with his first. tripto 7.-LIN0VER; Prisoner visited. ZURKLU • at DUNGMBECK; only private •.-caO:tterswere discussed during this :Electing. End Feb/liar 4.6 DICKFLID urged.

• Prisoner to . obtain for him a nizabor of D 2 forts, Thereupon Prisonerapplied. to ST'INDER, who obtained. eight to ten D 2 forras from ZITRICL.U,and. handed them to Prisoner (for distribution of the fetus see STEEDER).

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