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List of German spies

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The following is a list of people engaged in spying for Germany.

Pre-WWI

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World War I

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Name Based Arrested Notes
Heinrich Albert United States
Karl Boy-Ed United States Naval attaché to the German embassy in Washington
Wilhelm Canaris Spain
Anton Dilger United States
Fritz Joubert Duquesne Brazil
Robert Fay United States 24 October 1915
Walter von Gerich Norway
Horst von der Goltz United States
Kurt Jahnke United States Mexico
Carl Hans Lody United Kingdom 2 October 1914
Mata Hari France 13 February 1917
Karl Moor  Switzerland 13 February 1917
Walter Nicolai Germany Associated with Mata Hari
Oskar von Niedermayer Afghanistan
Franz von Papen United States Naval attaché to the German embassy in Washington
Alexander Parvus Ottoman Empire
Bolo Pasha Ottoman Empire United States 29 September 1917
Franz von Rintelen United States
Otto von Rosen Finland
Elsbeth Schragmüller Belgium
Jules C. Silber United Kingdom Worked as chief censor in United Kingdom
Felix A. Sommerfeld Mexico
Gustav Steinhauer United Kingdom
Despina Storch United Kingdom 18 March 1918
Maria de Victorica United States 21 April 1918
Wilhelm Wassmuss Persian Gulf * Persia 21 April 1918
Lothar Witzke United States * Mexico

Interwar period

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Name Based Arrested Notes
Norman Baillie-Stewart UK 20 March 1933 A WWI veteran who spied for Germany between the wars. Sentenced to five years, he was released from prison on 20 January 1937 and moved to the Continent. He received German citizenship, and was complicit with the broadcasts of Lord Haw Haw.
Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe USA March 1941 A European aristocrat and German sympathizer, she operated in UK before fleeing to San Francisco in 1939. She was not active in USA beyond questioning by American authorities.

World War II

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Post WWII

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Name Based Arrested Notes
Carola Stern Berlin Head of Amnesty International, political writer and supporter of detente.
Carlos Penate
Joairam Domingo

See also

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References

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