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THE FACTUAL LIST OF NAZIS PROTECTED BY SPAIN

Eliah Meyer

In memory of the most excellent "Morgenthau's boys"

War criminals, mass murderers, smugglers, scoundrels, thiefs, looters, arms dealers, spies,thugs, pimps and sluts constitute the following list. Many of them placed titles before theirnames: General, Doctor, Count, Prince... hey were all !ust scum.

ABELBECK, Gert.Obersturmbannfhrer Hitlerjunge. Decorated by FRANCOas Caballerode la Orden Imperial del Yugo y las Flechascon Encomienda. "BOE, #$ %ctubre, &'(&).

ACHOEN, Walter. Dr. Military auditor. Decorated by FRANCOwith the Medalla de la OrdenImperial del Yugo y las Flechas. "BOE, *+ eptiembre, &'(&). OKWagent.

ACHTERMANN, Otto. German customs official refugee in pain "OSS records).

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ACKERMANN, Fran. Hauptamtsleiter. Decorated by FRANCO with the Medalla de laOrden Imperial del Yugo y las Flechas. "BOE, *+ eptiembre, &'(&).

ACKERMANN, !o"ann # !o"n. -n ist of obno/ious Germans proposed for repatriation frompain. 0gent classified ---12 in OSS records.anguage teacher. 3esident of a Coru4asince&'&(. 0ddress: Pla5a de 6igo 7, *o. German consulate. Wor8ed in two German shippingoffices. 0ttache at German consulate, a Coru4a.

ACKERSCHOTT, Her$ert # H%$ert. isted as repatriated from 2ilbao 0ugust #&, &'($ to2remerha9en on SS Marine Marlin.Pre9iously in Miranda concentration camp. D%2.churhol5, & ;anuary, &'&7. Gestapo agent.

ADAM, Karl. 0gent classified -612 in OSS records.


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he last that was 8nown of AGAMEMNONwas his !ump from the plane. Be made this at&+++ feet and the parachute opened.A

AHLENZ, Art"%r. 0gent in panish Morocco and angier, classified --12. idi 2ou8nadel. -ncharge of obser9atory .

AHLERS, Al$re'"t. -n ist of obno/ious Germans proposed for repatriation from pain.onof!a'o$ AHLERS. German agent classified 2

AHLERS, Herann. Commander. Censure section. Decorated by FRANCOwith theMedalla de la Orden Imperial del Yugo y las Flechas. "BOE, *+ eptiembre, &'(&).

AHLERS, !a'o$. German agent classified 0. -n ist of obno/ious Germans proposed forrepatriation from pain.c>o Enr&.%e WOLFRAM, anta Cru5 de enerife. German consuland merchant. 0gent IM! KO Spanien, Canarias "named in STUBBS andBUGGE?s reporton IMpain).

AHLERS, Ulr&'". -n ist of obno/ious Germans proposed for repatriation from pain.on of!a'o$ AHLERS. German agent classified 2

AIGNER, Al$ert. German customs official refugee in pain "OSSrecords).

ALARC/N, !o01,aliasSARGENTO. =>&'&& in Magstadt bei 2oeblingen. 0ddress in Germany, &'($: Feughausstrasse *,2oeblingen " 5one).

ALBRECHT,Carl. 0gent classified in OSS records. Engineer. 2orn about &'+=.

ALBRECHT, Dr+ Karl Soen2e# Soe"n2e. t. Col. 0gent classified --10, -12 and -612 inOSSrecords. General taff %fficer. enior official of the German Chamber of Commerce forpain.


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ALE6, Re&n"ar-t> R"e&n"ar-. isted as repatriated from 2ilbao 0ugust #&, &'($ to2remerha9en on SS Marine Marlin.Pre9iously in Miranda concentration camp. D%2.chned5enmoor, # @o9ember, &'#=.

ALE6ANDER, !ean C"arle0"alias). ee GESSMANN, W&l"el.

ALISCH, Ern0t, alias Erne0to SEILER. H)tuf. German. Chief of Sipoand S%in


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Manager of sugar refinery. 6enta de 2a4os, c>o#/ucarera *e )astilla "Palencia),&$.=.(+. 2orn Charlottenburg, #$ 0pril &7'+. Passport @o. #7& issued antander ##.$.*=.Member of %# and %eutscher Schul2erein, antander.

ALTENKEMPER # ALTENKAEMPER, Ga$r&el alias Al$erto CANO. German agentclassified 2. -n ist of obno/ious Germans proposed for repatriation from pain. -n 0lgeciras@o9ember &'(*. 3epatriated from pain by air "dates from ;anuary #' to


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AMENDE, Herann. 0gent of 4eferat I KO Spanien. 2orn ( 0ugust &'+* in 2endorf.German. %ccupation declared: e/port merchant. Protestant. During &'(+ and &'(&AMENDEwor8ed as a recruiting agent for 4eferat Iand IIof KO Spanien. Be is acuaintedwith persons in 9arious panish circles who were passi9ely or acti9ely pro1German duringwar.


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consul, he managed to get out of the 2rigade, which, according to him, he had enteredagainst his will. Be found wor8 with a construction firm at an ebastian and later with apaper manufacturing concern in olosa in &'*7. -n the pring of &'*' he accompanied anumber of panish business men to the e/position in eip5ig.

-n %ctober &'*', AMENDE began wor8ing for the German 6ice1Consul in 2arcelona. Bewas sent to Madrid on 9arious errands, and there became acuainted with E&l&o LANG, amember of KO Spanien. LANGas8ed him to get in touch with members of the alangetosee whether some of them could be recruited to wor8 as German agents.

-n the fall of &'(+ he began to wor8 full1time for the#b,ehrin Madrid and ser9ed there untileptember &'(&0 when he was discharged for refusing to underta8e a mission to Me/ico.

AMENDEreturned to Germany and was appointed.bteilungs*eiter of a regionalheaduarters of the 9entral Han*els Gesellschaft Ost, an organi5ation of shady reputation,which sold chemical fertili5ers and other necessities to farmers and bought their products.When 3ussian troops began ad9ancing, AMENDEretreated with his organi5ation and was

again on the loo8out for a new position. Be met Flieger tabs IngenieurKURTH, a memberof#st Muenster, who thought that AMENDE might help him to ma8e contacts in pain. -tshould be noted that after &'(* the different.stswere an/ious to ma8e contacts on theirown without the 8nowledge of higher headuarters. hese contacts were often for thepurpose of acuiring lu/ury good in an illegal manner.

-n connection with KURTH?s proposal, AMENDEmade se9eral brief trips to pain, but uponhis return to Germany in March &'(( he was informed that his ser9ices were no longerreuired. Be did not return to pain.

=. Conclusions: @one

$. Comments and recommendations

AMENDE, being a former member of the#b,ehr, falls into the automatic arrest category.Be is considered a security threat.A"igned Geor:e WENZEL)

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KO panien and the panish -ntelligence er9ice

0s pre9iously stated in hird 0rmy C-3 @o *7, dtd ' ep (=, cooperation between theGISin pain and panish -ntelligence e/isted throughout the war. Bowe9er, when in &'(*and in &'(( the balance began tipping toward the 0llies, this cooperation grew less as theGerman situation grew worse. Many paniards who had been in German ser9ice or in liaisonwith KO Spanienin &'(& became una9ailable in &'(* and began to support the 0llied causein &'((.

he following ha9e 8nowledge of the acti9ities of KO Spanienand of the panish-ntelligence er9ice. hey are considered by AMENDEto be 8ey personalities in the chainof numerous groups and organi5ations lin8ed with either KO Spanienor the panish-ntelligence er9ice.

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&. E&l&o LANG. LANGwas born in Germany but became a panish sub!ect a good manyyears ago "date un8nown). Be had e/cellent connections with the %irection General *eSeguri*a*as well as with the Ser2icio 7*e8 Informaciones Militares. -n &'(+ he and hisfather1in1law were employed by KO Spaniento carry out a mission in defeated


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-t is belie9ed that he was ne9er sympathetic to the @a5is because their 9iews conflicted withhis uncompromising Catholicism. Bis acti9ities on behalf of the#b,ehrare e/plained asstemming from his lo9e for Germany. Be was politically unfriendly to FRANCO.

,adreLANGEwas closely connected with the 2asues li9ing on the


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1 GISand its past acti9ities in -reland and 0merica

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1 and his intimate 8nowledge of conditions in @ pain.

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ANDRESSwas president of the German Chamber of Commerce from &'*#1&'*$ and one ofthe founders of the German Clubhouse in 2arcelona, which later became the @a5i Partyhouse. Member of$S%#&since &'** till end of the war. Be paid the regular membershipfees to the Party, plus special contributions for miscellaneous reasons. -n addition, he and allGerman employees of sub!ect?s company paid specified percentages of their wages to the%eutsche #rbeitsfrontin pain.

Aub!ect company was founded in pain in &'#*, Bern"ar-t PFOTENHAUER,director ofMerc0in Darmstadt, came to pain in &'#* specifically for the purpose of founding apanish subsidiary. -ts original capital was Pesetas =++.+++ "&+++ shares at =++ Pesetasper share), wholly owned by Merc0 "...) 0round &'#' the company?s capital was increasedto Pesetas &.+++.+++. he additional =++.+++ allegedly was paid for, and stoc8 deli9ered tothe following paniards: I0aa' NOGUERAS, Anton&o NOGUERAS, Al4aro CALDUCH.he first two are brothers and physicians. CALDUCHis a pharmaceutist. 0ll three areallegedly friends of ANDRESSand paid for the stoc8 out of their own earnings. heinter9iewer e/pressed mild surprise that these persons would earn enough to be able tospend =++.+++ Pesetas on stoc8, and ANDRESS? reply plus e9ident embarrassment on this

point aswell as later left the impression that the mentioned paniards were cloa8s for Merc0money.

%n or about &'**, the company?s capitali5ation was apparently increased to Pesetas&.=&+.+++, although ANDRESSwas not clear as to the e/act amount of the increase. headditional Pesetas =&+.+++ of shares were apparently di9ided among the followingpaniards: Pa$lo S5NCHEZ"businessman), 5l4aro CALDUCH"pharmaceutist), Pe-roROMERO"businessman), SALA "dentist), ORIOL "doctor). Kuestioned with respect to thesource of the funds paid by the paniards, ANDRESSwas again embarrased and e9asi9e.-n early &'*' the company?s capitali5ation was apparently increased to Pesetas #.+&+.+++and shareholdings rearranged as follows: Carlo0 ANDRESS: *=+.+++ pts Han0 EGERT"director of the company): &=+.+++. ANDRESSadmits that these two German holdings

totaling =++.+++ were the same =++.+++ originally bought by Merc0 and belong euitably toMerc0. in addition, Pesetas &.=&+.+++ were di9ided among the following paniards: Dr.Anton&oNOGUERAS, Pa$lo S5NCHEZ, 5l4aro CALDUCH, Pe-ro ROMERO,SALA andORIOL.

he inter9iewer thereupon as8ed ANDRESSwhether he would be willing to sign a swornstatement to the effect that the Pesetas &.=&+.+++ worth of shares were paid e/clusi9elyfrom panish funds and neither directly nor indirectly by Merc0or any other German source.Be replied that he could not ma8e such statement , plead ignorance and stated thatPFOTENHAUERand STEINHAGE, who came to pain on behalf ofMerc0in &'#' "...) mayha9e had some pri9ate understanding with the mentioned paniards without ANDRESS8nowing the details thereof. -nter9iewer?s impression was that ANDRESSis fully informed

concerning such detils, and he therefore suggested toANDRESS, and ANDRESS promised,a careful refreshing of his own memory and a written statement on this sub!ect on or beforethe end of 0ugust. -t was pointed out that e9idence undoubtedly forthcoming from the houseofMerc0in Germany would naturally be a9ailable to chec8 against any statement by ANDRESS.

Company %fficers and personnel: he board of directors is identical with the last mentionedstoc8holders.ANDRESS andEGERTare the principal officers and actually run the firm.panish stoc8holders are not employed by the company and 9isit it only infreuently.ANDRESS and EGERTrecei9e Pesetas $=++ and (=++ respecti9ely in their monthly salary.he following Germans are li8ewise connected with the panish house:N&2ola%0SCHAEFER"technician instructed by Merc8), Hel%t FIEDLER"businessman andapoderado), salaries ptas *=++ per month, Han0 HOFFMAN" chief of the company?s Madridoffice), monthly salary Pesetas (+++. 2esides the foregoing, the following are

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representati9es of the German house of Knoll! # G., and act as so1called scientificrepresentati9es of the local house, paid by it to e/plain the customers the use of Inollproducts: WALTMAN, monthly salary ptas. *=++ "located at 2arcelona), W&l"el KOLBE,monthly salary pts. *+++ "office in 6alencia), Han0 SCHRAMM,salary ptas. #=++ "2ilbao),EICKHOFF, salary ptas. *+++ "Madrid)A.

0ddress ofANDRESS: calle Dr. 3ou/, res orres, arria, 2arcelona. fn. 7(#&7.ANDRESS married Edu9igis MAGEL SIEBEN. %ne sur9i9ing son, Hor0t. 0 brother , Dr.Fr&t ANDRESSwas also$S%#&member. Be was connected with firm .acer! S#in postwar years. Be died in 2arcelona (


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ARENS CLEMENS, 7&r:&l&oalso arranged as CLEMENS, 7&r:&l&o Aren0in OSSrecords.-n ist of obno/ious Germans proposed for repatriation from pain. #nd t. panish (& issued 2erlin "0bt.--) #&.&.(&.

ARMBRUSTER GARCIA, E%:en # E%:en&o+German agent classified C. -n ist ofobno/ious Germans proposed for repatriation from pain. 0ddress: 0lonso Cano #*, Madrid.Wor8ed for 1ubos y Hierros! S#


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he allegation was also made that -anco rancesItaliano, 2uenos 0ires, 0rgentina, isconsidered to be one of the principal firms assisting the @a5i Party in transferring funds to0rgentina.

0nother indi9idual alleged to ha9e engaged in forwarding @a5i funds to 0rgentina is onePe-ro ARMENTEROS, who recently arri9ed in 0rgentina from pain.A"see 7ENTOSA CAL7ET, !%anand CAMB/, Fran'&0'o -e A00cards for furtherinformation)

u=micos, 3ambla Canaletas &*, &o, 2arcelona, without co9er and no address, gi9ing thebearer the power to sell outright for #++,+++ pesos, or rights of e/ploitation on agreed termsPatents @os&(',&7' and &$*,$=& property of Anton&o CAMPANA BANDRANAS, Casano9a&7 and 3ambla de Catalu4a , 2arcelona. he bearer is to act in this affair with and throughMena BANDRANAS PALAor his sonRo$ertoof


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"...) During the interrogation of ARMENTEROShe stated that "...) in &'*# he had ser9ed twoyears of military ser9ice with the Sani*a* Militar, after which he studied law until theoutbrea8 of the panish Ci9il War. Be remained in 2arcelona until December &'*$, when hedecided to lea9e the 3epublican 5one and !oin the @ationalists. Be went from 2arcelona toisbon on a Me/ican war transport, lea9ing his family in 2arcelona.

Be proceeded to alamanca where he was mobili5ed and posted to the Catalan -nfantryCorps. Be ser9ed in the antander front. 0fter ser9ing si/ months in the regiment of apersonal friend, FERN5NDEZ BALBIS, ARMENTEROSapplied for a commission and wassent to the 3iffian 0cademy at Ceuta. Be ser9ed at se9eral other posts and in 0pril &'*',because of his health, he returned to 2arcelona.

-n &'(# he transferred to the Sin*icato *e (spect?culos &@blicoswhich was responsiblefor all theatrical and film productions in 2arcelona. ater he contributed to the newspapersSoli*ari*a* $acionaland La Pren0a. hese papers were go9ernment1owned. 0t the ad9iceof a friend, MOLINA, 0rgentine consul in 2arcelona, he decided to go to the 0rgentine and

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ARNOLD, !o"anne0. -n &'(= he posed as German customs official refugee in pain "OSSrecords).

ARNOLD, Karl # Karlo # Carlo0# T"eo. German agent classified 0. -n ist of obno/iousGermans proposed for repatriation from pain.S%> Gestapo. 3epatriated by army airtransport on #* 0ugust &'($..isted 21&$, , - Priority. -dentical with the representati9e of#mt +I % 4SH#in pain. ub!ect wanted for intensi9e interrogation in Germany.

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he same source also referred to meetings which he had held with leaders of the @ationalocialist ocieties and with e/1con9icts who had been responsible for a series of acts ofterror in late &'*( and early &'*=. 0s a result of the abo9e, and order for his arrest anddeportation was issued but, after hiding in the German Embassy, he escaped to ruguaywhere he was 8ept under AopenA arrest in the Hotel Maas, Monte9ideo. Be sailed for 2rasilon eptember &, &'(+. Be was not allowed to land at antos, but on arri9al at 3io de ;aneirohe was seen off by the police on the .0..-. plane on eptember , &'(+.

-n Madrid since at least the summer &'(#, wor8ing for the S% under co9er of employment asdirector of )ompaB=a General *e .anas, subsidiary of Sofin*us. Engaged in recruiting andrunning courier in panish transatlantic 9essels, either personally or through a cut1out inSofin*us. 0lso ser9ed as a co9er address for correspondence to and from agents in outh0merica, freuently recei9ing clandestine consignments of mail and commodities at hisoffice. peciali5ed in political information concerning outh 0merica and pain. ra9elled to2ilbao, -run, an ebastin, 2arcelona and 6alencia, and during &'(* went three times toGermany. 6isited 6igo in eptember &'((.

Beight =, "&+ cm) thic8set built, round face, fair hair, brown eyes, ruddy comple/ion withpimples. Passports: "&) @O *+7>&'(+ issued 2uenos 0ires "#) @O &'=#>(# issued 2erlin May#+, &'(# "*) @O &=*$. 0ddress:May &'(*, pri9ate: Calle ista $, * floor left, Madrid &'((,office: Calle 0yala, &+. fn. $&$( and =*&*&, Madrid. Pri9ate address: Calle ista $, * rdfloor left, Madrid.


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seemed to feel indifference and a contempt that was easily e/plainable in the light of theirgeneral performance. i8e others of his type, howe9er, ARNOLDappeared to ha9e pactedwith himself not to 9olunteer information on unbroached sub!ects, and for this reason theremay easily be aspects of his acti9ity which were1missed 1entirely in the present interrogation.

II+ C"ronolo:&'al G%&-e

Early 2ac8ground . 2orn at Pfor5heim, March ##, &'&&, of Karl W&l"el ARNOLDandC"r&0t&ne 7OLLE.. Prisoner was bapti5ed Karl G%0ta4but ne9er used middle name,Married in &=*=, has one son and one daughter.

Primary school from $1' years of age .secondary school from '1&= finished one year ofcommercial high school "Hoehere Handelsschule) in a half year. Entered as apprentice in!ewel1manufacturing establishment of O0'ar BENTNERat 2elfortstrasse &', Pfor5heim,where he perfected himself in office routine.


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May &'(# E/change effected, ARNOLDaccompanied 2ra5ilian diplomats to 2iarrit5,returning with Germans. 3eported bac8 to 2erlin.

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conference. GROSS? trip through pain was only prete/t to stoc8 up on cigarettes, cognac,coffee and sil8 stoc8ings "as was usual), and conference was a !o8e.

eptember &'(( Prisoner went to 6igo to await arri9al of &assim, imminent return of whichhad been announced to him by 2erlin. 3eturned to Madrid with He&n LANGE,#mt +I agentwho had been aboard with them they brought correspondence from 0rgentina, whichARNOLDforwarded to 2erlin.

March &'(= Ma? SCHNEEMAMand Han0 C"r&0t&an ZUEHLSDOKFarri9ed in Madrid,separately.

May &'(= With end of war ARNOLDliuidated his organi5ation and left co9er1!ob with )=a*e .anas.

;une &'(= 0rrested by panish Police on ;une #& for alleged implication in affair of theforged 2ritish ban8notes. Beld #& days incomunicadoin %irecci:n General *e Seguri*a*,then transferred to Pro9incial Prison of Madrid at Carabanchel.

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an agreement with the German steamship companies to transport the colonists "both ways)at half1price. he cost of succoring destitute settlers with food and clothing, as in the case ofthe drought regions, was borne by the local Winterhilfs,er0

he fact of the continuous suabbling between the*andesgruppeand the German0mbassador E-%n- 4on THERMANNis well 8nown, and ARNOLDwas uestioned brieflyon the sub!ect. he prisoner characteri5ed 4on THERMANNas a liar and the worst type ofdiplomat, a man who could ne9er be trusted. ARNOLD, of course, was a close friend ofAl)re- MUELLER, the *andesgruppenleiter0 who was 4onTHERMANN?s sworn enemy.When MUELLER returned to Germany in &'(+, he managed to wangle an inter9iew with 4onRIBBENTROP, and told the


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ARNOLDdid not act on the warning, as he considered he was doing nothing illegal, and in;uly &'(+ he was hailed before the Orden ocialsection of the 0rgentine police. Be wasshown into a room full of people and immediately accosted by an official who began shoutingat him the burden of the lecture was that ARNOLDmust stop his tra9eling on the Party?sbehalf, he must go to his home and remain there until called again by the police, and, abo9eall, he must not go to German Embassy and tell of his inter9iew with the police. 0s hefinished, the official, who had his bac8 to the others, tipped ARNOLDa broad win8. heprisoner did not 8now the identity1of this police officer 1he was !ust told by the police he hadto go in and see Athe chiefA but he described him as short, dar8 and thin. "@ote: according tothe interrogator?s recollection the inspectors then in charge of Orden ocialwere MORANOand BIETTI.). ARNOLD, of course, too8 the win8 for what it was worth, and wentimmediately to the German Embassy with his story. here he was ad9ised to pac8 up andlea9e, which he did.

Be tra9eled perfectly openly to Monte9ideo by the night boat, using his cGdula de idantidad 1a document which is carried by most resident foreigners as well as by nati9es in 0rgentina 1and put up at the Hotel $ogar:. @e/t day he bought a paper and read to his surprise that

Karl ARNOLDhad been Ae/pelledA from 0rgentina by a decree signed by 0cting PresidentCASTILLO.

he prisoner considered that since he had left the country the decree of e/pulsin might beconsidered fulfilled, but he ne9ertheless went into hiding in the boarding house of a Germanwidow the address was gi9en him by the secretary of minister LANGMANN"the widowherself did not 8now he was a fugiti9e). ARNOLDthen heard the ruguayan authorities wereloo8ing for him and went to LANGMANNfor ad9ice: the Minister was *andesgruppenleiterfor ruguay, and he and the prisoner called each other du. 0ccording to LANGMANNthepolice had already been in touch with the egation and had left word that if ARNOLDcouldbe reached he should be informed that the police would li8e to ha9e a friendly tal8 with him1they ga9e their word of honor that he would not be arrested. ARNOLD8new better than to

put much trust in a atin 0merican?s word of honor, but on LANGMANN?s ad9ice he calledon the ruguayan police chief CASAS, accompanied by an official of the egation.

he police chief told him that he must return to 2uenos 0ires immediately, to which theprisoner replied: why should he, when he had !ust been e/pelled from there. he ruguayanthen alleged that ARNOLDhad entered the country illegally, and the prisoner, countered thathe had done, nothing of the sort, ha9ing come in with his 0rgentine cGdula. "@ote: tra9el bycGdulaonly was legal and usual between 0rgentina and ruguay.) CASAS, howe9er,maintained that ARNOLD?s entry should ha9e been effected only through a passport and9isa, and, in spite of the Aword of honorA, ARNOLDwas arrested then and there. Be was notput in !ail, but allowed to li9e in the Hotel Maasunder guard of two policemen he mightlea9e the house, but only in the company of his guards. Be stayed in the hotel three wee8s.

. .he prisoner meanwhile got a lawyer and pro9ed that his entry into ruguay had been legal,whereupon the ruguayan authorities made out a decree of e/pulsion and got it signed.ARNOLDinterposed habeas corpusbut did not ha9e any e/pectations from it, so when hehad a chance he left for 2ra5il. Be managed to got a thirty1day transit 9isa for that country,and after being refused passage on the Moore Mc)ormac0 Steamship.inehe boardedthe SS Ha,aii Marufor 3io de ;aneiro this was in the last days of 0ugust or on the first ofeptember, &'(+.

When the ship reached the 2ra5ilian port of antos ARNOLDhe was called into conferencewith the captain of the ship, CONDOW, and the antos representati9e of the ;apanese line,and ad9ised to lea9e the 9essel there and proceed by rail to 3io, since there was noguarantee that he would be allowed to continue to the 2ra5ilian capital the antosauthorities had gi9en him permission to lea9e the Ha,aii Maruand continue by train.

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ARNOLDwas in a uandary, but succeeded in persuading the captain to put him through bytelephone to the German Embassy at 3io. he Embassy told him to stay aboard at all costs,and he did, continuing the 9oyage without further mishap. 0fter about three wee8s? stay in2ra5il the prisoner obtained a seat on one of the .#1Iairplanes.for Europe. Be arri9ed in3ome on eptember *& and in 2erlin on %ctober (, &'(+.

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Arr&4al ?

When he arri9ed in 2erlin in %ctober &'(+ ARNOLD immediately presented himself at theoffices of the#uslan*sorganisationand obtained an inter9iew with+auleiterErn0t W+BOHLE. BOHLE said he did not uite 8now where, to employ him, as there were at themoment no suitable 9acancies in the#O, but assured him that he would be ta8en care ofsomehow. ARNOLDthereupon went to a recruiting center and 9olunteered for the army,after which he too8 a lea9e and 9isited his parents and wife at Pfor5heim and eonberg. .0pparently BOHLE?s organi5ation had been acti9e on the prisoner?s behalf, for when hereturned to the capital and was preparing to go in two hours time to the pandau barrac8s forinduction into the Wehrmacht, he was informed by representati9e of the Sicherheits*ienstthat a special arrangement had been made with the army for him to wor8 in the4eichssicherheitshauptamt.

he 4SH#was at that time interested in getting people with outh 0merican e/periencewho spo8e fluent panish.ARNOLD signed a contract and went to wor8 on @o9ember &.

Kuestioned as to the nature of this document, the prisoner e/plained that it was not acontract for a period of time but merely a formality to satisfy the abor 2ureau. 3egularlaborers had an.rbeitsbuch, but office employees had to ha9e some sort of document topre9ent their being pressed into ser9ice in a war plant or similar occupation. ARNOLDthusbecame a @ertragsangestellter or contracted employee. -nto this class fell the secretarialhelp and cler8s in the 4SH#. they were gi9en a grey pass instead of a red one. "he redpass showed that the bearer was a special agent of the S%, with permission to carry a pistol,tra9el free, ma8e arrests et cetera.)

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ARNOLD was assigned to#mt +I%D, the outh 0merican des8, and was at first put to wor8in ma8ing translations from panish to German. ubseuently, he was gi9en the !ob ofpreparing prospecti9e agents for ser9ice in outh 0merica and briefing them in their wor8.%nly in &'(+ had the S%started sending agents for ser9ice in outh 0merica and briefingthem in their wor8. %nly in -'(+ had the S%started sending agents to the WesternBemisphere 1this had pre9iously boon forbidden byHITLERhimself: the Fuehrer feared todisturb e/isting diplomatic relations, especially with the nited tates, 0ccording to theprisoner anyone whose espionage acti9ities caused trouble in @orth 0merica at that time wasto ha9e been shot.

ARNOLD, ha9ing recently returned from 0rgentina, briefed the agents on probable tra9elconditions, what documents would be necessary, and abo9e all how to a9oid attracting

attention. Be told them a good bit about life in outh 0merica and ga9e them a set ofAgeneral rules.A Be also instructed the agents in what#mt +Iwanted to 8now: especiallywhen Walter SCHELLENBERGtoo8 o9er the#mtthere was great interest in politicalreporting. he prisoner got the agents their funds, told them where to go for their radio1operating courses, et cetera. -n those days the microdot camera had not yet been perfected:ARNOLD understood it was originally a 3ussian in9ention but too cumbersome for use in thefield, and that its later practical form was the wor8 of ProfessorZAPPof Dresden.

A:ent0 0ent to So%t" Aer&'a

-n &'(+ Bein5 LANGEwas sent to Chile and Paraguay "9ia 0rgentina), S&e:)r&e- BECKERwas sent to 2ra5il and 0rgentina, Wol) FRANCZOKwent to 2ra5il, and Han0 SCHUERERSTOLLEto 0rgentina. !onn& HARTMUTHwas also sent to Paraguay, but ARNOLDhad no

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contact with him as he was originally destined for the nited tates and was sent abroad by#mt +I%6"!eferat@orth 0merica). E/cepting for LANGEall the abo9e ha9e since beenapprehended, wherefore the prisoner was not as8ed for details regarding their earlyacti9ities, which he 8new at best only from hearsay. 0nother agent, or rather semi1agent, wasENGLING, who went to 2ra5il by airplane while BECKERwas there. his indi9idualrepresented a German commercial house the name of which ARNOLDdid not recall, and itwas he who later sent in an unfa9orable report on BECKERand FRANCZOK "see below).

0s soon as the agents began operating to an appreciable e/tent the lac8 of satisfactory linesof communication became noticeable. 3eports too8 a long time to get bac8 to 2erlin and inmany cases were practically 9alueless. BECKER?s most trustworthy channel was airmailsent 9ia .#1Ito the co9er1address !ANNICKE3ORTNERin 2erlin. !ANNICKEwas theowner of a small leather1factory "Ortnermeaning Aleatherwor8erA), and when mail arri9edfrom outh 0merica he called up#mt +Iand they sent a car o9er to pic8 it up.

he first clandestine transmitter set up during the early part of the war met with too manydifficulties to be effecti9e. he apparatus was installed aboard an interned German

merchant19essel in the antos harbor with one of the ship?s German radio1operators doingthe transmitting, but soon after it started functioning it was locali5ed by the 2ra5ilian policeand the operators had to flee. he euipment was only sa9ed by uic8 wor8. he ne/tinstalled themsel9es in a pri9ate house, but were soon spotted there and from that time onwere in constant flight. he intelligence acti9ity of#mt +I, ARNOLDaffirmed, was withoutpractical 9alue in the period &'(+1(# because of the lac8 of effecti9e channels ofcommunication.

0s mentioned abo9e, the businessman1agentENGLING too8 it upon himself in &'(& to sendin a 9ery unfa9orable report on BECKER, as well as onFRANCZOK apparently the formerhad been ha9ing an affair with the wife of the 2ra5ilian Minister of Public Wor8s and hadsucceeded in ma8ing her pregnant. ARNOLDdistinctly recalled that#mt +Itelephoned

BECKERat a pri9ate number in 3io de ;aneiro, at the end of &'(&, and ordered him toreturn to 2erlin, "@ote: contrast this with the testimony of He-9&: SOMMER, who saidBECKER returned on his own initiati9e.) WhenBECKER got bac8 to 2erlin he went into aseries of conferences with SCHOLLENBERG and turmbannfuehrerDAUFELDT, then headof#mt +I%. 0lthough ARNOLD8new that BECKER was subseuently sent bac8 to ta8echarge of all S%espionage in lower.outh 0merica, he 8new no details of the conferencessince he himself was sent in the meanwhile to 2aden 2aden. Bad the prisoner been, in2erlin BECKERwould ha9e doubtless told him the whole story, since the two were friendsfrom their days together in 2uenos 0ires,

Relat&on0 9&t" SCHELLENBERG ARNOLD 0 S# an- SS a))&l&at&on +

0lthough ARNOLD had little contact with WalterSCHELLENBERGduring his days in the#mt, he was later recei9ed briefly by his chief on each of the three occasions when he wascalled bac8 to Madrid for consultation. -n addition to the usual interrogatory regarding thepolitical situation in pain, SCHELLENBERGonce as8ed ARNOLD to prepare him adetailed report setting forth his 9iews in the matter of? employing women as intelligenceagents, he prisoner?s reply was to the effect that he thought 9ery few women apt for suchwor8, owing to their general lac8 of more than a superficial grasp of politics.

he prisoner was then uestioned regarding?a report that SCHELLENBERGhad offered himhonorarySS1ran8 and that he had refused it. -t was not SCHELLENBERGwho had madethe offer, ARNOLD said, but rather his chiefs GEPPERT and DAUFELDTwho constantlyimportuned him in that direction. 0t the time of his entry into the4SH#his two superiors

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assured him that they could get for him the SS1ran8 of or manufactured.

%ne of GEPPERT? s confidants and agents was Ton& KURFUERST,the 9alet of the 2ra5ilian0mbassador at 2erlin ARNOLD belie9ed him to be an 0ustrian from his accent.KURFUERSThad been many years in the ser9ice of the 2ra5ilian Embassy and had offeredhis ser9ices 9oluntarily to#mt +I. Be deli9ered to GEPPERThighly 9aluable reports one9erything that, was said and done in the Embassy. -t was through this agent that theS%learned that the 2ra5ilian 0mbassador was a sworn enemy of Germany, and that during the0llied air raids he became delirious with !oy, e9en running into his garden and flashing alantern to help the bombers,KURFUERST, howe9er, ceased his collaboration with#mt +Isome time before 2ra5il bro8ediplomatic relations with Germany and the Embassy was closed. GEPPERThad promised

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%nce in the 3eich GROSS!oined the SSand obtained a low1salaried !ob in the Gestapo.During the panish Ci9il War he ser9ed in the counter1espionage branch of the )on*or.egion, for which he was decorated. Be was then assigned to the Gestapo, again incounter1espionage, at Iehl am 3hein, transferring after a period of time, to#mt +I, whichsent him to 2iarrit5. While on the latter !ob GROSShad a brawl with a German general andwas recalled and sent bac8 to the Gestapoto wor8 in the 2erlin offices "#mt I+). Be thererose to the ran8 of Kommissar, after which he was again called to#mt +Iand put in chargeof +I%Dunder T"eo-or PAEFFGEN.

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here follows a brief study of the coiTiosition of the so1called 4eferat .atin #merica duringARNOLD?s time in 2erlin, including reference to its changing position within the scheme of#mt +Iof the 4SH#.

0t first the head of#mt +I was &Brigadefuehrer!OST who was replaced in late &'(& by&BrigadefuehrerWalter SCHELLENBERG.ntil &'(& atin 0merica came under#mt +I-, the head of which was &turmbannfuehrer ROSSNER: +I-handled -taly,


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daughters in a Madrid railway station, but naturally a9oided letting them see him. 0s8ed if hehad heard anything of an affair in Madrid between Ar&n SCHMIDTand one of theSAMPOGNARO girlsUa relationship alleged by Mart&n MEYWALDin his interrogationU1theprisoner said that he had not but he added that it would not surprise him, as SCHMIDT hadaffairs with numerous women, many of them from the diplomatic corps.

0lthough some of the internees were sympathetic to the German cause, ARNOLDhad nosuccess in enlisting anyone as a future agent for the S%. hose who showed themsel9espro1German came mostly from the Peru9ian group: there were a number of young Peru9ianstudents, proteges of Mme. E-&t" FAUPEL, who decided to remain in Germany andcontinue their studios. 0s a group the 2ra5ilians, ruguayans, 2oli9ians and Ecuadoranswere either indifferent to the !eich or acti9ely inimical. he Paraguayan representati9e wasan old general whose only thought was to e/ploit the blac8 mar8et in foreign e/change andto prey on ;ews who wanted to flee from Germany he freuently enticed young ;ewesses?into his rooms on the prete/t of arranging their escape, "he internees en!oyed a largeamount of freedom and physical comfort, their mo9ements within a limited sphere beingpractically unhindered.)

ARNOLDwas ui55ed briefly regarding the Peru9ians who remained in Germany, se9eralpossible names being suggested to him. Be recollected Dr. 7&'tor MANCHEGOas one:MANCHEGO, he said, wor8ed during the day at broadcasting in panish and at night at theCharity Bospital in 2erlin, where he almost 8illed himself from o9erwor8. Dr. Re&nal-oESPINOZAwas also recalled by ARNOLD"he was another who broadcast for Germany)and there was a second younger ESPINOZAwho e9entually returned to Peru. he onlyother Peru9ian student whom the prisoner remembered was one who had the nic8name ofCULEBRON.

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failed to meet their obligations and DEMMELlost all his money, becoming in9ol9ed in all8inds of difficulties. Be continued for a while doing odd !obs for ARNOLDbut subseuentlythe prisoner lost touch with him. During the 2ilbao days DEMMELhad not accepted asalary, being paid only his e/penses when he too8 out1of1town trips: later, when he was infinancial trouble in Madrid, ARNOLDoccasionally paid him small sums to help him out, o9erand abo9e his regular tra9eling accounts.

%nce DEMMELhad uit, the prisoner depended largely on Fran'&0'o GOICOECHEA, aformer courier who had been blac8listed by the na9icert authorities, to act as his tra9elingrepresentati9e. GOICOECHEAwor8ed for ARNOLDuntil the end of the war for a monthlysalary of #,+++ Pesetas. he prisoner had no idea what subseuently became of him,8nowing only he did not li9e in Madrid.

0nother collaborator who had formerly been a courier was !o01 L%&0 D>AZ. 0t the beginningof &'((#mt +Iwas worrying about a possible breach in relations between Germany andpain, and decided that ARNOLD should ha9e his own clandestine transmitter, to assureone channel of communication. here was also recurrent tal8 of setting up a station in pain

to intercept the outh 0merican traffic from BECKER, since 2erlin was poorly placedatmospherically for the transmissions from 0rgentina this latter pro!ect, howe9er, ne9erpassed beyond the discussion stage. -n any case, ARNOLD was sent a (+1watt transmitterfrom 2erlin.

-n early &'(( he sent D>AZto Germany to learn to be a radio operator. he paniard too8 acourse of from four to si/ months, after which he returned to Madrid with S small transmitterof his own and began sending at ARNOLD?s orders. Be sent .ARNOLD?s regular codedoperational messages, instead of the Police 0ttache?s office, but aside from that the newarrangement had little practical, 9alue, as shortly after the euipment had been installed andcontact with 2erlin established, the war ended. D>AZ, whose salary was #,=++ Pesetas amonth, recei9ed si/ months pay from the prisoner when the latter liuidated his office and

sold the transmitter for &,=++ Pesetas to a member of the panish intelligence ser9iceARNOLDdid not 8now to whom. he prisoner characteri5ed D>AZas 9ery la5y and not aserious wor8er. Be apparently still li9es in MadridUARNOLD saw him uite often in thecompany of Karl HERTEL.

3ounding out the prisoner?s regular Aoffice forceA was !oa.%n L/PEZa former employee ofthealangein 2ilbao who had been introduced toARNOLD by !or:e DEMMEL,L/PEZhelped copy reports and did odd !obs, such as obtaining false papers for Germans andothers "see below). Be also recei9ed #,=++ Pesetas a month from ARNOLD, and wor8ed tillthe end of the war. he prisoner understood L/PEZ to be still in Madrid.

ARNOLD?s immediate operational organi5ation, then, comprised the following:

Salar8

!or:eDEMMEL..........E/penses and, later, bonuses.!o01 L%&0 D>AZ...........#,=++ ptas.!oa.%n L/PEZ..........#,=++ ptas.F'o. GOICOECHEA....#,+++ ptas.

he money for the regular salaries was sent to pain e9ery month by the 4SH#. from2erlin. ARNOLD ne9er had a female? secretary 1L/PEZwas the closest he had tostenographic help.

he prisoner himself recei9ed a salary in the 3eich of ($+ mar8s, raised automatically aftertwo years to =++. Most of this he allotted to his wife in eonberg. -n pain he recei9ed a flat

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sum of &,+++ mar8s, or (,#++ Pesetas, for li9ing e/penses. or collaborators, entertainment of possiblyuseful neutrals, special trips, et cetera, he collected from 2erlin after presenting an itemi5edaccount at the end of each month. ARNOLD said that he did not bother to put down thesmall items 1the many drin8s and meals he had to buy for 9arious people, et cetera1 but onlyitemi5ed the solid e/tra e/penditures. Bis regular li9ing allowance was paid :him for si/months at a time 1he was the only agent in pain so paid, as far as he was aware.

Relat&on 0 9&t" t" e O))&'e o) t"e Pol&'e Atta'"e an- Karla BANDT

0s mentioned abo9e ARNOLDmade regular use of the office of He&n SINGER, therepresentati9e of#mt +I-Din Madrid, to send and recei9e his telegrams andcorrespondence to and from 2erlin. 0lthough he often went to SINGER?s office and got to8now most of the employees personally, howe9er, the prisoner was in no way officiallyconnected with the %ffice of the Police 0ttache. %nly when he needed a passport or a 9isadid he ta8e ad9antage of the 0ttache?s facilities in the regular way of business.

hrough his regular trips to the Consulate ARNOLDmet SINGER?s secretary, KarlaBANDT. %ften, when he was too busy to go to the Consulate, Miss BANDT broughtcorrespondence to his office or met him at a nearby bar. 2efore long the acuaintancede9eloped into friendship, and from there to lo9e. When the prisoner was being held in !ailin &'(= Miss BANDT 9isited him daily, and when he was to be freed she was signatory tohis bail bond. -n ARNOLD?s opinion these two factors were responsible for Karla BANDT?sha9ing been included in the list of persons whose e/pulsion was demanded by the 0llies.he was repatriated in the same air shipment as the prisoner.

0side from his casual personal contact with the others, howe9er, ARNOLDwas notconsidered part of the Police 0ttachee?s office. Be was ne9er in9ited to the staff get1togethers

occasionally staged by WINZER and HAMMES, and was only as8ed to dinner byHe&nSINGERtwice during the four years he was in Madrid. ARNOLDhad only a noddingacuaintance with HAMMES,WINZER, 7EY, KOENNECKE, SCHMIDT, and thestenographic staff other than KarlaBANDT.

7II+ Relat&on0 9&t" ot"er#M1 +I a:ent0

he foregoing section was de9oted to ARNOLD?s subordinates and associates in theactual performance of his established duties. 0nother of the prisoner?s principal functionswas that of acting as paymaster, communications1channel and guide to a number ofindi9iduals sent to pain from#mt +I the relationship is perhaps best described by the

German word betreuen, meaning Ato ser9iceA. -n most cases ARNOLDwas not responsiblefor the information gathered by these agents, who were only operationally attached to him.%ften, howe9er, he felt obliged to warn 2erlin regarding the unreliability of the material whichmany of them were forwarding through him.

Karl HERTELJ"Co9er1name BIMBO)

KarlHERTELarri9ed in Madrid during the summer of &'((. 0ccording to his own statementshe had been in Central 0merica for some time, and had been repatriated with the e/changeof &'(#. Be had had representations for se9eral German firms there 1ARNOLD8new that hesold coffee to Germany, and recalled HERTEL?s ha9ing mentioned ma8e of Germanautomobile for which he had been agent. HERTELonce boasted of the number of high1ran8ing public officials to whom he had sold cars.

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-n 2erlin HERTELhad somehow got into#mt +Iand wor8ed there for a while: his !ob was toma8e contact with German diplomats and others who had returned from countries with whichGermany had bro8en relations, see8ing personnel and>or information which might be of useto the S%. he prisoner recalled that in#mt +I HERTEL was nic8named theDla/enhaendler "sla9e1dealer). 0t one time in the past he had li9ed and wor8ed in pain,and he finally managed to get the 4SH#. to send him to Madrid. HERTEL?s sellingargument was that with his influential panish contacts he would soon become establishedand would not be an e/pense to the#mt these same contacts would then be 9aluablesources for political reporting.

0s soon as HERTELarri9ed in Madrid he got in touch with Mme. Gertrud ROGGEWEHN"see below), whom ARNOLDbelie9ed he had 8nown in either 2erlin or Paris. he two sleptin the same house the 9ery first night HERTELarri9ed and from that time until the prisonerlost trac8 of them they li9ed together. HERTEL?s promise of ma8ing himself economicallyself1sufficient was completely without basis. Be did wor8 out se9eral minor swindlingschemes for ma8ing money on the side, but he continued to depend on S%money for hissubsistence. Bis e/penses ranged .from &,+++ to &,=++ Pesetas a month. o ARNOLD?s

8nowledge HERTELne9er used the Karl Hamburg 1ropical ruit )ompanyas a co9er, asalleged by one source.

%ne of HERTEL?s money1ma8ing dodges was to ta8e ad9antage of a German in 2arcelona1ARNOLDcould not recall his name1 who had been called up for military ser9ice and wishedto a9oid going. HERTEL promised this German that if he would pay him a monthly sum he,HERTEL, would arrange to ha9e the German listed as a collaborator in the intelligenceser9ice. he German paid the money, and somehow HERTEL fi/ed, it 1ARNOLDdid notsee his correspondence on the sub!ect, so did not 8now how it was done. -n any e9ent theGerman ga9e HERTELa uantity of politico1military information of 9ery little real 9alue.

HERTELdid succeed in infiltrating the (nglish )lubin Madrid.here was a ;ew who rented

apartments to members of the 2ritish and 0merican Embassies, and HERTEL struc8 up afriendship with him. 2othHERTEL and the ;ew spo8e good English, and HERTELgot hisfriend to introduce him at the Club as a Central 0merican 1ARNOLD belie9ed that the namehe used was Mr. BRABANT"later amplified to the Count or Du8e of BRABANT). heprisoner did not recall the name of HERTEL?s friend and sponsor, but said that he would beeasy to identify as he was murdered by a paniard shortly before the end of the war, thecrime e/citing considerable comment in the press.


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money and - need &+,+++ Pesetas. - hope for your own good that you will gi9e it to meA.ARNOLDtore up the letter and threw it in the waste1bas8et.

ARNOLDlater heard that HERTELwas li9ing with Mme.ROGGEWEHN in Madrid andpassing himself as the Count "or Du8e, or Maruis) of BRABANT, but he ne9er 8new hisaddress. he prisoner rather thought that BRABANTmay ha9e originally been the name ofHERTEL?s mother.0 description follows:0ge: 0bout *=1* Beight:= ft., 71' in. Weight: 0t least ##+ lbs. Bair: 2lac8. Eyes: Dar8.@ose:


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with a 2ulgarian e/1diplomat and with numerous ladies of the panish aristocracy with whomshe played wee8ly bridge. ARNOLD, howe9er, was not informed regarding the identity of hercircle of acuaintances, nor did he 8now whether MmeROGGEWEHN and Iarl HERTELcontinued li9ing together after the war.

Alean-ro MINK "Co9er1name ZANGE)

MINKwas born in 0rgentina of German parents, and was ta8en to Germany at an early ageto be schooled and brought up. Bis mother, who had been abandoned by MINK ?s father andhad di9orced him, li9ed in Germany. Alean-rofinished his medical studies, then madecontact with the S%. ince he was of 0rgentine nationality#mt +Ithought he could be usedas an agent in pain, and sent him to ARNOLD for training: the prisoner recalled that thiswas shortly before 0rgentina bro8e relations with Germany ";anuary #=, &'((), becauseMINKarri9ed on a 9alid 0rgentine passport. MINK, howe9er, did not spea8 a word ofpanish and had to spend all his time studying that language. 0bout his only concreteaccomplishment in Madrid aside from studying was to put his 0rgentine papers in perfectorder, hene9er produced anything in the line of intelligence: on the contrary, ARNOLD said,

MINKcaused him a lot of trouble and e/pense which could easily ha9e been a9oided. 0fterthe war ended the 0rgentine bro8e off all contact with the prisoner, who ne9er saw himagain,MINKmay ha9e gone bac8 to 0rgentina, ARNOLDsaid 1that may ha9e been why hewas so an/ious to get his papers in order. .

During the period of his Aacti9ityA MINKrecei9ed from#mt +I, throughARNOLD, a monthlysum for e/penses which 9aried between &,+++ and &,=++ Pesetas. Be also recei9ed &,=++Pesetas from his mother, who paid in the eui9alent amount in mar8s in 2erlin.

MINKwas described as follows:0ge: ##1#* years. Beight: = ft.,&+1&& in. Weight: &=+ lbs. Bair: Dar8 brown. Eyes: 2lue. 8in:Palid, sic8ly. @ose: traight, regular. ips: @ormal, not thic8.


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got rid of BUNGARDthe latter was continually thin8ing up grandiose but unwor8ableintelligence schemes, and he boasted incessantly of his friend CHATIN?s connections amongthe 0llies and the paniards.ARNOLD8new nothing of BUNGARD?s ha9ing acted as a go1between forCHATINinoffering some si/ty million


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PESCOLLERwas included in the 0llies? wanted list, and e9entually got interned at Caldas deMala9ella, but he managed to escape from there and the prisoner belie9ed he was still inpain or Portugal. nless PESCOLLERhas a new swindle, ARNOLDsaid, his resourcesmust ha9e become e/hausted.

he following is PESCOLLER?s description as remembered by ARNOLD:0ge: ($1(7 years Beight: 0lmost $ ft. Weight: &7+ lbs. Bair: 0lmost bald, remainder dar8.Eyes: Dar8. 8in: Pale. @ose: Wide, strong.


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was collaborating e- officiowith GROSSand PAEFFGEN. %n one of the prisoner?s trips to2erlinZIEGRA in9ited him and GROSS to his house, and there they met a certain &+ruppehfuehrerMUELLER. ZIEGRA appeared on intimate terms with this @a5i general.-n MadridZIEGRA occasionally called at ARNOLD?s office, where he boasted loudly of hisconnections with members of the 2ra5ilian Embassy at Madrid he claimed an e/cellentcontact with 0mbassadorROCAS himself, and with the former first secretaryPa$loSIL7EYRA. hortly before the war ended SIL7EYRAtold ARNOLDthat ZIEGRAhad triedto get from him a 2ra5ilian passport, without success. he prisoner also recalled thatZIEGRAonce ga9e him a report on the 0merican presidential candidateDEWEY, whomZIEGRA claimed to ha9e 8nown personally when he was in the nited tates.


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ARNOLDand during this period the prisoner ga9e him occasional smaller amounts, =++ or&,+++ Pesetas, out of his own poc8et.

ARNOLD described GEBAUER as a man of from (+ to (*years of age about= ft. ' in. inheight thin, with dar8 hair and dar8 eyes, and a straight nose. Be dressed in clean clothes,but loo8ed li8e a ship?s fireman or engineer.

Pablo SIL7EYRA "Co9er1name also GOLD)

0s stated in the introduction to the present section, the foregoing indi9iduals were not inreality AARNOLD s agentsA but rather a series of more than semi1independent wor8ers whomhe ser9ed in the capacity of paymaster and ad9iser. 0ll in all they were a sorry lot theprisoner did not consider one of them really worth his salt. ARNOLD did, howe9er, ha9e twopaid agents of his own, who ser9ed him fairly efficiently in the field of political intelligence.hese were Pa$lo SIL7EYRA and Toa0SAMPER "see the following subsection, for thelatter).

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!ELAMBI ()n%*!ELAMBIis not to be claused withSIL7EYRA and SAMPER, but neither might he beincluded in the category of HERTEL, MINKand the others whom the prison ser9iced. Bewas a 6ene5uelan national who had been studying in 2elgium and had refused repatriationin &'(# because he was not finished with his studies. When he finished his courses 1theywere in engineering ARNOLD thought1 he found he could not get out of the countryaccordingly, in order to lea9e 2elgium, he had contacted the S%in 2russels and had offeredhis ser9ices as an agent once he arri9ed in his own country. he S%representati9e, whosename the prisoner did not recall, sent !ELAMBIto 2erlin with an introduction and he wassubseuently sent to pain en route to 6ene5uela.

!ELAMBIreached Madrid in &'(* and established contact with ARNOLD. here the twoarranged that the 6ene5uelan, who ARNOLDunderstood had ta8en a course in radio1telegraphy, would attempt when he got home to set up a transmitter and forward politicalinformation to Madrid. -f he did not succeed in establishing radio contact he was at least tocommunicate through the seamen?s courier system and>or any a9ailable trustworthy tra9eler,

lettingARNOLD 8now his whereabouts and situation.1%nce he had got off to 6ene5uela, howe9er, neither ARNOLDnor#mt +Ie9er heard of!ELAMBI again, so he was written off as one more AagentA who had played the S%for a freeride home. !ELAMBIhad money of his own, and ne9er recei9ed any funds from the prisoner.

3elations with 0rmin SCHMIDT, 0na de POMBO and Martin MEYWALD

he acti9ities of SCHMIDT, dePOMBO andMEYWALD touched ARNOLD?s sphere onlyincidentally, but he was as8ed to comment on them by way of supplementing the lengthyinterrogation of MEYWALD "P%0D despatch no. &(7 of %ctober , &'($).

MEYWALD and SCHMIDTarri9ed in Madrid se9eral months after the prisoner had got therein &'(#, and paid him a call at that time they were not certain whether they should remain inpain or proceed to Portugal. ARNOLDhad 8nown MEYWALDduring about two years in2erlin when they were both in#mt +I, and throughout their time in Madrid their relationsremained on an informal friendly plane. MEYWALDdid freuently gi9e ARNOLD reports toforward to#mt +I, but he also handed a number of these directly to Iarla BANDTin thePolice 0ttache?s office his correspondence from 2erlin, too, came often in ARNOLD?s mail,but always in sealed en9elopes,MEYWALD ran his own affairs: he was aHauptsturmfuehrer, outran8ing the prisoner, and the e/ploitation of the de POMBO1SCHMIDTconnection was entirely in his hands.

ARNOLD?s relations with SCHMIDTand Ana -ePOMBO were 9ery casual, he entertained

the former at his house with MEYWALD once or twice shortly after they arri9ed, andSCHMIDTin9ited him to the opening of the Ana -ePOMBO Dress hop and to one of theartistic e9enings at the house at 09enida del Generalisimo. -t was on the latter occasion thatAna -ePOMBOtoldARNOLD that she was a personal friend of Ant"on8EDEN, then2ritish


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of it. Be had long white hair 1his nic8name was Ael to melenasA1 and he was slightly hunch1bac8ed: it was hard to see wherein his se/ appeal lay, ARNOLDsaid, but SCHMIDTcertainly had it. Ana -ePOMBOalso told the prisoner that she had once been engaged to!o0e Anton&oPRIMO -e RI7ERA, and that the 3epublicans had 8illed a fourteen1year oldson of hers. During the time ARNOLD8new her she was always the mistress of SCHMIDT.

3egarding SCHMIDTARNOLD only 8new whatMEYWALD told him. Be had longbeen a forger of both signatures and art wor8s, and had ser9ed se9eral prison sentencestherefor. -n Madrid he displayed great talent for getting to 8now the right people, but he wasabsolutely incapable of any serious wor8, or of turning his contracts to ad9antage forintelligence purposes. he prisoner did not 8now any of the details of the dress shop?s failure,but heard that SCHMIDT had robbed the business of large sums of money. Be was soughtby the panish police in &'((, but escaped abroad with Ana -ePOMBO.

@either SCHMIDTnor -e POMBO deli9ered any 8ind of reports to the prisoner, nor did theyin any sense wor8 under his orders. hey did, howe9er, come to ARNOLD in an effort to gethis help in ridding them of MEYWALD, who they said was spring on them and, moreo9er, did

not 8now how to beha9e in the plane of society in which they had to mo9e. ARNOLD refusedto become in9ol9ed in the uarrel. When Dr. PAEFFGENcame to Madrid and stayed in hishouse, the prisoner learned that they had come to him with the same tales.

Se't&onal S%ar8

o recapitulate, the 9arious agents discussed abo9e were 8nown by ARNOLDto ha9erecei9ed the following general remuneration from#mt +I:

HERTEL...............&,+++1&,=++ ptas. monthlyMINK. . .................&,+++1&,=++ ptas. monthly

SIL7EYRA............*,+++1=,+++ ptas. monthlySAMPER...............7,+++1&+,+++ ptas. monthlyBUNGARD.........&=,+++ ptas. lump sumROGGEWEHN.....#,+++1*,+++ ptas. lump sumGEBAUER..........&,+++1#,+++ ptas. occasionallyPODEWILS .......&=,+++ ptas. monthly plus bonuses, paid by SCHELLENBERGPESCOLLER......Paid by#mt +I. Bad diamonds.ZIEGRA..............n8nown .SCHMIDT and -ePOMBO .... Paid large sums by PAEFFGEN!ELAMBI .......... @o payment

0s will ha9e been obser9ed, few of the abo9e agents were considered of any use by the

prisoner. -nfact, the only two who produced were those he himself established locally inMadrid, SAMPER andSIL7EYRA. Most of ARNOLD?s political reporting, howe9er, wasbased on an entirely different set of connections: outh 0merican and panish persons inofficial or uasi1official capacities with whom the prisoner?s relations were purely social andwith whom the matter of remuneration did not come into uestion. hese people will be dealtwith in the following section.

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FARRELLbecame president of 0rgentina ARNOLDwent to Captain Man%el MIRANDA,then in Madrid, and got an e/cellent e9aluation of the new president?s character and politicalorientation to cable 2erlin MIRANDAhad beenFARRELLS aide and 8new him intimately,as indeed he 8new most of the higher1ran8ing 0rgentine officers. -n li8e manner, ARNOLDused the 8nowledge of SIL7EYRA, who had been for many years a newspaperman in 3io de;aneiro, in !udging the political personalities of those who came to prominence in 2ra5il.

he prisoner?s most dependable sources in the abo9e respect were Captain MIRANDA, Dr.!%an Carlo0GOYENECHEand Commander EDUARDO CEBALLS, all three 0rgentines..2e also had relations with a number of other atin 0mericans, who will be discussed below.

Captain Man%el MIRANDA

MIRANDAwas a military commentator who broadcast pro1German military commentariesand published a newspaper column under the pen1name of CAPTAIN M. Bis trip to Germanyhad originally been paid by the German Embassy at 2uenos 0ires at the instigation of thethen Press 0ttache, Gott)r&e- SANDSTEDE. MIRANDAcame to Madrid from 2erlin some

time in early &'((.and, as mentioned abo9e, was 9ery useful to ARNOLD as a source ofauthentic and accurate information concerning the 0rgentine militarists who were at that timeplaying a prominent role in the country?s politics. MIRANDAhad a ruptured stomach from afall in the mountains and was li9ing on borrowed time. %ne day in mid1&'(( he was ta8en9iolently ill, and an emergency operation performed but it was to no a9ail, and MIRANDAdied the ne/t day.

!%an Carlo0 GOYENECHE

GOYENECHEhad been in Madrid for some time before ARNOLDmet him, but the prisonerfirst made contact with him on orders from#mt +I, after the 0rgentine returned in early &'(*from his trip to Germany and his inter9iews with HIMMLER and 9on RIBBENTROP. 0lthough

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had gi9en him e9ery opportunity to e/pound his ideas. RIBBENTROP, on the other hand,had left a bad taste in GOYENECHE?s mouth,ARNOLD a9erred the


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former eagerness to get the tan8er, howe9er, the 0rgentine Ministry of Marine ne9er repliedto the offer. ARNOLDsaid CEBALLOSwas 9ery pro1German, but he ne9er wor8ed for theS%in any informational or other tangible capacity, nor did he at any time recei9e money orgifts from the prisoner.

Dr. A-r&n C+ ESCOBAR and Consul A.%&l&no LOPEZ +

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recei9ed orders to accompany BELMONTE to 2ilbao to recei9e the letter?s half1brother,R%$1nSARD/N PABON, and to arrange for the two to tra9el on to 2erlin. SARD/N wasarri9ing from 2uenos 0ires. he prisoner accordingly too8 BELMONTEin his car to 2ilbao,met the half1brother, and dro9e the pair bac8 to Madrid and thence he later too8 them to theborder and despatched them to Germany.


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recogni5ed the uality of BELMONTE?s -ndian courage, was sure that he would go, andbettedGROSS &++ mar8s in support of his con9iction.

Bowe9er, after much pondering and careful stud of all a9ailable reports coming inconcerning the post1re9olutionary situation, BELMONTEhimself decided that if he appearedon the scene his comrades1in1arms would be fatally compromised 9is1a19is the nitedtates: he therefore decided to remain in Germany. "@ote: contrast this with the statement ofHe-9&: SOMMER, who belie9ed that it was#mt +Iwhich lost interest in sendingBELMONTE, not the opposite. ARNOLD seemed on fairly sure ground concerning the point,as he had made the bet withGROSS and followed the matter closely.)

When at the end of &'((. Ma!or BELMONTEleft Germany and came to Madrid to stay, heab!ured all contact with Germans, as8ing ARNOLD personally, in their only inter9iew, toabstain from calling on him or e9en writing to him in the future. Bis reason for this was thathe feared any such contact would harm the cause of the new 2oli9ian Go9ernment, withwhich BELMONTEidentified himself in absentia. 0t the same time he manifested a burningdesire to put himself right with the 0llied authorities in Madrid in order to return to 2oli9ia.

With only one German did BELMONTEma8e an e/ception: his mistress Hel:aDREWSEN.his Frauleinarri9ed in Madrid from 2erlin se9eral months before the war ended sent by#mt +I. he had orders to establish contact withARNOLD, but ne9er did so 1probably, theprisoner thought, because BELMONTEhad forbidden her to. ARNOLDne9er did see her inpain, although he heard that Ma?SCHNEEMANNhad run across her and BELMONTE at aswimming pool near Madrid in the fall of &'(=. o the best of the prisoner?s 8nowledge Ma!orBELMONTEand Miss DREWSENare still li9ing together in Madrid.

T"e HELLMUTH A))a&r

he prisoner was uestioned briefly conceraing his 8nowledge of the pro!ected arms buying

tour of the 0rgentine O0ar Al$erto HELLMUTH in mid1&'(*. Be said only that he recei9edorders to see that HELLMUTH got off to 2erlin as soon as he arri9ed in pain. WhenHELLMUTHfailed to arri9e,ARNOLD did not for a time 8now what had happened but hee9entually learned of the 0rgentine?s arrest indirectly through the new 0rgentine Military0ttache at Madrid, Colonel Carlo0 Al$erto 7ELEZ, who had been on the same ship.ARNOLDne9er met 7ELEZpersonally, nor did he appear to 8now anything at all aboutRe&n"ar-t SPITZY, the agent of the -rFnner Waffen,er0ewho dealt with the 0ttache. heprisoner 8new 9aguely that BECKERhad been in9ol9ed in the HELLMUTH affair, and thatHan0 HARNISCH of the#b,ehr was the principal German figure in the case.

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GROSSga9e FERNANDEZ MORAN ARNOLD?s address in Madrid, and in ;une or ;uly of&'(( the 6ene5uelan 9isited him. 0s soon as he had got his papers in order and recei9edmoney from home, FERNANDEZ MORAN returned to 6ene5uela. he prisoner belie9ed thatthis happened while he himself was in 6igo awaiting the arri9al of the ,assim, in eptember&'((, since he did not recall FERNANDEZ MORAN?s departure and only later 1in about@o9ember1 got a note saying the young doctor had arri9ed safely in 6ene5uela.

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turmbannfuehrer NASSENSTEIN

he prisoner was cuestioned regarding his relations withturmbannfuehrerARNOLDmaybe mista8en about the date of CRUZ? return. -n any case, a further item in the FAUPELfilesis a greetings telegram dated ;anuary &'(( in 2uenos 0ires, from CRUZto GeneralFAUPEL. NASSENSTEIN, the#mt +lrepresentati9e in isbon, and with the two 2ra5ilianintegralists who collaborated with the S%, Pl&n&oSALGADO and L%& ALBUUERUE.

ARNOLDaffirmed that he had only casual contact with NASSENSTEINon the se9eraloccasions that the latter 9isited Madrid. 3egarding SALGADOand ALBUUERUEtheprisoner 8new only that the#mtwas at one time 9ery much interested in gaining theircollaboration, but that NASSENSTEIN did not succeed in getting much good out of them.SALGADOwas more political philosopher than acti9ist, ARNOLD also got the impressionthat he was too cowardly to be of any use to the S%. ALBUUERUEwas an un8nownuantity.

Karl Ern0t 4on MERCK

7onMERCK was included by He-9&:SCANNER among the#mt +Ipeople in isbon whowor8ed under NASSENSTEIN, and ARNOLDwas uestioned concerning him. Be 8new that

during a certain time 4on MERCK wor8ed in Portugal, but he was unaware of any of thedetails of his acti9ity for NASSENSTEIN. ARNOLDdid, howe9er, come into contact with 7onMERCK when the latter mo9ed to pain, and related the following concerning him.7onMERCK and the prisoner 8new each other in 2uenos 0ires, where the former was aParty member and a reporter for the German1language %eutsche .a &lata 9eitung. ater,on one of his trips to 2erlin, ARNOLDfound 4onMERCK there wor8ing for the +oel0ischer-eobachter and he subseuently went to isbon as a correspondent for that paper, inDecember &'(( or ;anuary &'(= 4on MERCKleft isbon for Madrid, continuing his!ournalistic wor8 in pain.

he prisoner saw a good bit of his former friend in Madrid, but said that while in pain 4onMERCK could not be classed as a collaborator of theS%1he ne9er ga9e ARNOLD any 8ind

of a report, and only discussed the political situation with him. 7onMERCK, ARNOLDsaid,was a cle9er and intelligent !ournalist, but he was almost totally deaf and con9ersation withhim was rather difficult. Be spo8e perfect panish, his father ha9ing been German and hismother a Guatamaltecan. -n Madrid 4onMERCK married one of the employees of theGerman Embassy, but ARNOLD ne9er got to 8now the lady.

6+ T"e arr&4al o) t"e &assim

he prisoner was reuired to tell of his part in the arri9al in pain of the &assim, a na9alcutter of#b,ehrMarine under the command of CaptainGARBERS which was ma8ing itsreturn trip to Europe after ha9ing deli9ered the S%agents HANSEN and SCHROELLon the0rgentine coast in &'((.

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6+ T"e SCHNEEMAN an- ZUEHLSDORF &00&on

T"e M&'ro-ot Ma'"&ne0

he story of Ma? SCHNEEMANN and Han0 C"r&0t&an ZUEHLSDORF has been adeuatelyco9ered in the interrogation of He-9&:SOMMERand in the recent uestioning ofSCHNEEMANNhimself "P%0D despatch no. *7$ of %ctober &=, &'($). hese two arri9edin Madrid in March &'(=, and were temporarily assigned to ARNOLD for handling pendingtheir pro!ected trip to northern outh 0merica, ZUEHLSDORF sailed for 2uenos 0ires after afew months in pain, and was subseuently pic8ed up by the 0llied authorities at rinidadSCHNEEMANN remained in pain until his repatriation in the same airlift with ARNOLD.SCHNEEMANN?s testimony regarding the microdot euipment in his and ARNOLD?spossession, while willingly gi9en, was confused and incomplete. ARNOLDwas therefore

reuired to supplement SCHNEEMANN?s story. 0lthough his 9ersion did not agree in e9eryrespect with that of his colleague, ARNOLD?s testimony appears more integrated andprobable.

SCHNEEMANNclaimed thatARNOLD recei9ed a microdot1machine intended forhim and ZUEHLSDORF, but refused to gi9e it to them that ARNOLDlater did gi9eSCHNEEMANN a smaller, inferior apparatus, which he, SCHNEEMANN, subseuently soldto the panish for 7,+++ Pesetas and that still later ARNOLD ga9e the first machine to thepanish.

he prisoner did not contradict SCHNEEMANNas to the number of machines, but affirmedthat his colleague was mista8en in supposing that he had been gi9en the inferior of the two

they were absolutely identical,ARNOLD said. here was a smaller apparatus, in more orless cigar1bo/ si5e, scheduled to arri9e from 2erlin: but it was to ha9e been an impro9edmodel rather than a poorer one. Moreo9er, it ne9er was deli9ered. he prisoner?s 9ersion ofthe matter, reconstructed after considerable chec8ing, follows:

-n mid1March, &'(=, ZUEHLSDORF arri9ed in Madrid by airplane, to te followed at the end ofthe month by SCHNEEMANN+ hortly beforeZUEHLSDORF?s arri9al#mt +Ihad sent toARNOLDa camera for ta8ing the minute photographs 8nown in the #mt +Ias AMipu1sA "anabbre9iation for miDropunDteor microdots). -t was intended that ARNOLDshould learn howto use the the machine and to this end there also appeared in Madrid a Chilean womannamed Ea PREZ "for whom see below), who was to ma8e initial use of the apparatusand at the same time instructARNOLD how to carry on with it. 2ut the end of the war with its

attendant confusion was followed closely by the prisoner?s arrest by the panish in ;une&'(=, with the result that he not only ne9er too8 a microdot lesson but ne9er e9en got aproper loo8 inside the case which inclosed the apparatus. "his was a regular leathersuitcase.) 0t the same time, 2erlin informed ARNOLDthat it would soon forward to him thesmaller, impro9ed model, but this ne9er arri9ed. he prisoner belie9ed that the#mt?s failureto send it owed to the impossible state of communications in the closing months of the war.Bearing ARNOLD spea8 of this smaller apparatus was probably what confusedSCHNEEMANN, the prisoner thought. hen, at about the timeZUEHLSDORF arri9ed11either in the same airplane or in the one directly before or after it1 a second Mipu machinearri9ed for ZUEHLSDORF?s use, to be ta8en along on the mission to outh 0merica,ARNOLDinsisted that this second apparatus was forZUEHLSDORF and not forSCHNEEMANN. 0long with it came a radio1transmitter, and both machines were encased inmetal cases, hermetically soldered. he Mipu apparatus was identical in si5e with that which

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had already been recei9ed by ARNOLD, the only difference being that the case was of metalinstead of leather.

-n May and ;une &'(=, respecti9ely, SCHNEEMANNand ARNOLD were arrested by thepanish for different reasons and spent the summer in !ail. ZUEHLSDORF, in themeanwhile, left pain for outh 0merica. When he got out, ARNOLDga9e the secondapparatus "the metal1cased one) to the panish captain BAHAMONDE Y GUITAN, in orderto 8eep on good terms with panish officialdom. BAHAMONDE subseuently passed theapparatus on toComandantePa$lo 5L7AREZ LARA, of the panish General taff.ARNOLD also let AL7AREZ LARA ha9e the metal1encased transmitter left byZUEHLSDORF, although the paniard refused to accept it as a gift and insisted on payingthe prisoner (,+++ Pesetas for it.ARNOLD wanted to gi9e 5L7AREZ LARA the other (+1watt transmitter sent to him by#mt +Isome months before the war?s end, but he disco9eredthat the paniard with whom he had left it for safe18eeping had himself sold it to one of thepanish intelligence ser9ices, 8eeping the money. he prisoner a9erred that, he would be9ery happy to help locate this indi9idual, as he was a swindler of the first category, but thename escaped him.

2efore being !ailed SCHNEEMANNhad got possession of the first leather encasedapparatus, probably through its custodian, Ea PREZ, with whom he was on intimateterms. 0fter his release SCHNEEMANNlent this machine to the policeman FERN5NDEZRI7AS, and subseuently got it bac8 to sell to 5L7AREZ LARA for 7,+++ Pesetas. Duringall this time SCHNEEMANN 8ept importuning ARNOLDto gi9e the ZUEHLSDORF machineto him, SCHNEEMANN, claiming that it was by rights his. "...)

Ea PREZ "ANEGRAA)

ARNOLDdid not 8now the first name of this Chilean woman, whose nic8name wasNEGRA, but Ma/ SCHNEEMANNconfirmed that it was Ea. he appears to be

identical with a certain EaPREZ B+, also a Chilean, se9eral of whose letters werefound in the FAUPELfiles: the latterEa PREZconfided to Mme. FAUPEL that shewas wor8ing for the 4SH#. -n any case, the Chilean woman came to Madrid from 2erlina few wee8s before the end of the war. 0ll that#mt +I told 0rnold was that she wascompetent in the handling of the Mipu camera and that he was to ta8e lessons from her:2erlin thought this important since it was e/pected that air communication with Madrid wouldsoon be cut off.

#mt +I sent ARNOLDa sum of money for Miss PEREZUit was either $,+++ or ',+++PesetasUand when she arri9ed he ga9e it to her and she started wor8. 2efore she hadachie9ed any tangible results she blew out a tube in the machineUthe Madrid current wasdifferent than that of 2erlinUand before ARNOLD could get her another one the war was

o9er. o the prisoner ne9er.learned about microdot photography.

ARNOLDhad 9ery little personal contact with Miss PEREZ, but he gathered that she wasnot particularly sympathetic to @ational ocialism, ha9ing offered her ser9ices to#mt +I inorder to be able to lea9e Germany and sal9age the &+,+++1&=,+++ mar8s which she hadsa9ed in the !eich. his money she ne9er dii get, although ARNOLD ga9e her somethingwhen he liuidated his organi5ation "see below). he and SCHNEEMANN were 9ery friendly,and she li9ed in the same boarding house with him until he was arrested in May &'(=. heprisonerbelie9ed that after her wor8 with 0mt 6- ceased she recei9ed help from one of the Chileandiplomats in Madrid: he himself lost touch with her after his arrest, but belie9ed she might stillbe in Madrid. ARNOLDadded that he got the impression that 8iss Pere5? real politicalsentiments were more leftist than otherwise.

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Ma? SCHNEEMANN

With1the1e/ception of the conflicting statements regarding the disposal of the itipueuipment, nothing the prisoner said about his colleague was fundamentally in contradictionto what SCHNEEMANN told about himself in interrogation. ARNOLD did add, howe9er, thatSCHNEEMANN dran8 too much for an agent, and when he was drun8 in a public bar hewould tell anyone who had on a blue shirt that he was a German. ndoubtedly, thought theprisoner, this was what had caused SCHNEEMANNto be caught in the trap of the impostorswho posed as policemen and swindled him of his ring and cameraUone of their gang heardhim tal8ing freely in a bar and thought: good, here was a 9ictir..

SCHNEEMANN, of course, committed the further imbecility, when he went to the police toreclaim his stolen property, of carrying on his person his false seaman?s papers in the nameof 0ngel BLANCO BLANCO, and at the same time telling the police that he was not 0ngelBLANCO BLANCO but the German Ma/ SCHNEEMANN."...)

Fal0e -o'%ent0

Most forged papers were furnished by#mt +1, although there were also means ofobtaining certain types of these locally. Whene9er the prisoner needed a German passport,as in the case of R%$en SARD/N, it was of course no great matter to obtain one at the%ffice of the Police 0ttache. ARNOLD simply furnished, photographs of the sub!ect togetherwith the desired name.

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EaPEREZ . . ... . . .&+,+++ or ,+++ ptas.

he prisoner included EaPEREZ with the others because she wanted to get bac8 toChile and he did not 8now what to do with her. ater, for her passage, he also ga9e her,+++ 0rgentine pesos which had shortly before been sent him by the#mtthrough isbon,as PEREZ ne9er succeeded in getting her !eichsmarDssa9ings out of Germany.SCHNEEMANNand ZUEHLSDORFsupposedly had most of the money which had beenoriginally entrusted them for their missionUARNOLD did not 8now how much it wasUand asthey were not considered part of his regular organi5ation he left them out of the di9ision.0fter the abo9e sum hid been paid out the prisoner still had between '+,+++ and &++,+++peseta. %f this sum he later had to pay out $+,+++ Pesetas, as well as his own car, to thelawyer who got him and 8eywald out of !ail: =+,+++ as the price of the deal and &++++ morefor the actual bail. ARNOLD?s automobileUan Opel with license number M =&'& U helater sacrificed to the lawyer, Anton&o HELGUERO 7ALCARCEL, to ma8e a further dealwith the des8 officer "oficial de mesa) at the ;u5gado no* so that ARNOLDand 8eywaldshould not ha9e to report personally tihile free on bail "...)

6I7+ Arre0t &n t"e $an2note a))a&r

Much has been written in other interrogations, as well as undoubtedly in the records of thepanish police themsel9es, regarding the well 8nown case of the counterfeit 2ritishban8notes allegedly recei9ed byARNOLD and>or KEYWALD from#mt +Ifor use infinancing their operations. -t has been established with some authority that pounds weresupplied to some of the missions being euipped to go to the Western Bemisphere.

He-9&: SOMMER under interrogation affirmed that she was instructed by Iurt GROSStopac8 a large amount in pounds in about thirty tin waterproof bo/es for HANSENandSCHROELL!ust before taey left aboard the &assimin 0pril &'(( 1he belie9ed that they

were gi9en a large sum to ta8e with them. Bowe9er, SOMMERadmitted that her assumptionthat the money was counterfeit was based on an indirect reference which she happened tosee one day in GROSS? correspondence and when she later heard that persons had beenarrested in Portugal for passing counterfeit pound notes she drew a fairly logical inference.SOMMERsaid she belie9ed that ARNOLD had recei9ed a supply, though she thought thatmost had gone to NASSENSTEIN at isbon.

0s far as could be gathered from a9ailable briefing and from the statements of ARNOLD andMEYWALD, who were the two principal protagonists, the 2ritish Consulate?s accusationsagainst them were based almost entirely on the allegations of Ar&nSCHMIDT,arecogni5ed forger and swindler, in whose possession a uantity of the counterfeit ban8noteswas disco9ered. SCHMIDTlater escaped from pain with his partner and paramour Ana -e

POMBO, but nothing in the briefing indicated where this couple now are, or to whatauthorities SCHMIDTmade the allegations outlined abo9e.

During fi9e months? detention and interrogation the panish police were apparently unable tosubstantiate SCHMIDT?s charges against ARNOLD and MEYWALD. -n the presentinterrogation ARNOLD refused adamantly to admit to any complicity in the affair of theban8notes, or to any 8nowledge of their origin. "...)

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Captain 7ILLA CALZADILLA Captain SANCHEZ LARUE

7ILLA CALZADILLA, at whose house the meeting with SCHNEEMANN was arranged, was8nown to the prisoner only casually as a friend of AL7AREZ LARA. heir intercourse waslimited to an occasional greeting in passing.

Captain Pa$loSANCHEZ LARUE of the SIM. was a neighbor of ARNOLD?s in Calleista the prisoner met him through MEYWALD, with whom he wor8ed a good bit. -n spite ofSCHMIDT?s accusation that ARNOLDhadA gi9en some of the 2ritish ban8notes toSANCHEZ LARUE, the prisoner affirmed that he had no more than a noddingacuaintance with the captain, and certainly no dealings in connection with intelligence wor8.ComandanteTOLEDO, SANCHEZ LARUE?s superior officer, was 8nown toARNOLD onlyby name from certain allusions in MEYWALD?s con9ersation.

2etrayal by HELGUERO 7ALCARCEL and FERNANDEZ RI7AS

-n the section de9oted to the liuidation of ARNOLD?s organi5ation mentionwas made of money paid to the lawyer Anton&oHELGUERO 7ALCARCEL for gainingMEYWALD?s and ARNOLD?s freedom and for subseuent fa9ors. %ne day when theprisoner was still in !ail he was 9isited by HELGUERO 7ALCARCEL in the company of thepoliceman FERNANDEZ RI7AS, whom ARNOLDhad not pre9iously met. he lawyerpractised in Madrid at Calle 2reton de los Berreros (+, #nd floor. Be offered to getMEYWALD andARNOLD out of !ail for =+,+++ PesetasU#=,+++ for eachUand the prisonerpromised him that sum.

-n %ctober &'(=, accordingly, HELGUER arranged their release on bail at =,+++ Pesetaseach and ARNOLDpaid him the agreed =+,+++ Pesetas. HELGUEROga9e =,+++ of this

sum to FERNANDEZ RI7AS in ARNOLD?s presence. 0s mentioned abo9e the prisonersubseuently ga9e his Opel automobile and more money to HELGUERO 7ALCARCEL toarrange for the pri9ilege of not ha9ing to report e9ery fifteen days to the police. 2othARNOLD and MEYWALDcould report themsel9es in a pri9ate house, in a bar, et cetera,anywhere in pain. ater, when ARNOLDtra9eled north, he filled out four empty blan8s andleft them with 7ALCARCEL to be handed in when due.

When the 0llies began clamoring for the panish to hand o9er ARNOLDfor repatriation,HELGUEROcame to him and offered false documents of identity. he prisoner acceptedand chose the nameCarlo0ALONSO KLEIBEL, pic8ing the first two names to agree withthe initials on his clothes and the last, which he considered to be that of a wiss mother,because of his Germanic appearance.


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8new where ARNOLDwas, and the prisoner subseuently learned from the police that it wasHELGUEROwho had betrayed him.

HELGUERO 7ALCARCEL and FERNANDEZ RI7AS, the prisoner was certain, earnedfurther cash for telling the police all they 8new ARNOLD said it would not surprise him in theleast if they had not also tapped the 0merican and 2ritish Embassies for what they could get.Be felt that the arrests of SCHNEEMANN, Karla BANDTand MEYWALD, as well as hisown, could probably be laid at the door of the two informers.

-n !ail, the night before the airlift of 0ugust #*, the prisoner learned through an indiscretion ofthe same FERNANDEZ RI7AS that he and se9eral others were to lea9e for Germany thefollowing morning. -t was between one and two in the morning when RI7ASappeared in thecell bloc8 and ga9e out the news the prisoners also noticed a few precautions, such asringing down hea9y shutters on their cells. 0rnold had dined well that e9ening 1inmates wereallowed to send out for meals1 and he still had a liter of wine and about a uarter1bottle ofcognac. Be also had a do5en *uminal sleeping tablets and one of the minute poisoncapsules of the type used by Bimmler to 8ill himself: the latter he always carried on his

person. ARNOLDthereupon settled down with the two bottles and began methodically tota8e the tablets, with a drin8 or two of wine and cognac between each one. Be too8 thewhole do5en before he lost consciousness.

@e/t morning the prison guards found ARNOLDin a comatose condition, and began treatinghim.


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AUBERGER, Ma?. -n &'(= he posed as a German customs official refugee in pain "OSSrecords).

AUERBACH RUZSLI # AUERBACH RUPLI , Geor:Rene, alias Rene RUPLI. D%2.ta9erin "V),# May &'++. 0rrested 0pril (, &'($. 3epatriated on SS Haighlan* MonarchMarch, &'($. 21(7= on 0gents? ist and --- priority ist. -nternee @o. $+'=** in @o $ C-C@euengamme. -n hospital and not interrogated until #' May &'($. 3elible source reports thatboth 3ene 3upli and wife S%00anewere German agents wor8ing under G%0ta4 LENZ.

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