- Summary
- Annotation Details the life of Hans Wesemann, a German refugee in Britain during the inter-war period, who became a Gestapo spy responsible for collecting information about his fellow refugees abroad.
Annotation Why would a journalist who was an ardent socialist and an anti-Nazi during the waning years of the Weimer Republic decide to go to work for the Gestapo abroad? Hans Wesemann, a veteran of World War I and a successful journalist, fled his native Germany in 1933 after writing a number of anti-Nazi articles. Once in Britain, he found life difficult and dull, and thus, for a number of reasons, agreed to furnish the German Embassy in London with information about other refugees. Inevitably, Wesemann became ensnared in his own treachery and suffered the consequences.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Barnes, James J.
- Published
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001
- Locale
- Germany
Great Britain
- Contents
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Ambivalent Youth, 1895-1932
Enigmatic Exile, March 1933-August 1934
Emigre Turncoat, September 1934-February 1935
Abduction of Berthold Jacob, March 1935
Gestapo Activity Abroad, 1933-1935
Suspicious Deaths of Dora Fabian and Mathilde Wurm
Refugee Reaction to the Jacob Kidnapping
Settlement by Arbitration? May-September 1935
Trial and Its Aftermath, 1936-1938
Latin American Interlude, 1938-1941
Internment, 1942-1945
Resisting Deportation to Germany, 1946-1948.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Barnes, Patience P.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ambivalent Youth, 1895-1932 -- Enigmatic Exile, March 1933-August 1934 -- Emigre Turncoat, September 1934-February 1935 -- Abduction of Berthold Jacob, March 1935 -- Gestapo Activity Abroad, 1933-1935 -- Suspicious Deaths of Dora Fabian and Mathilde Wurm -- Refugee Reaction to the Jacob Kidnapping -- Settlement by Arbitration? May-September 1935 -- Trial and Its Aftermath, 1936-1938 -- Latin American Interlude, 1938-1941 -- Internment, 1942-1945 -- Resisting Deportation to Germany, 1946-1948.